Carminow Castle, Adelaide Hills

Carminow 1.JPG

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Title

Carminow Castle, Adelaide Hills

Subject

Adelaide, Adelaide hills, battlements, Carminow Castle, castle, castellation, crenellation, Sir Thomas Elder, Mt Lofty Botanical Park, Mt Lofty, Mt Lofty Ranges, SA, Scotland, Scottish baronial style, South Australia, summer house

Description

A photograph of Carnimow Castle on Mt Lofty in the Adelaide hills. The house was built in Scottish baronial style as a summer house by the Scottish migrant Sir Thomas Elder in 1885. Now a feature in Mt Lofty Botanical Park, the two-storey house features a square tower and a turret, extensive crenellation, and blind arches.

A biography of Sir Thomas Elder can be found at http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/elder-sir-thomas-347

Creator

McLeod, Shane

Date

28 July 2011

Rights

No Copyright

Format

Digital Photograph; JPEG

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Original Format

Digital Photograph; JPEG