Kincardine Castle (Auchterarder)
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Kincardine Castle is a 19th-century manor house
Manor house
A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes...

 near Auchterarder
Auchterarder
Auchterarder is a small town located north of the Ochil Hills in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, and home to the famous Gleneagles Hotel. The 1.5 mile long High Street of Auchterarder gave the town its popular name of "Lang Toon"....

 in Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross is one of 32 council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre...

, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. The building lies 1.5 kilometre (0.93205910497471 mi) south-west of the town, on the Ruthven Water. The Gothic
Gothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...

 house was constructed in 1801–1803, and is a category B listed building.

The remains of an earlier 14th century keep, also named Kincardine Castle, are located nearby (56°16′46"N 3°42′06"W). The ruined keep was demolished in 1645. Little remains today beyond its rectangular foundations.
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