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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
Yes
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
Alloa
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
Yes
DisabledAccess
No
Activities
<p>Costumed guides and medieval and later craft activities will be on display.</p><p>Last entry at 3.00</p><p>Special exhibition of memorabilia from the Mar & Kellie collection</p>
OpeningTime1
12 pm to 4 pm
OpeningDate1
28/9/2019
OpeningDate2
29/9/2019
OpeningTime2
12 pm to 4 pm
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
13118
Refreshments
No
Street
The street address
Alloa Park
Postcode
FK10 1PP
Parking
Yes
DisabledWC
Yes
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Alloa Tower
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
clackmannanshire
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
965
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,56.1125,-3.788301;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>One of the largest and finest towers of its type in Scotland, it was home to the distinguished Erskine family, Earls of Mar, from the later 14th century until 1800. By 1693 a mansion, kitchen tower, brew house and other buildings had been added. In 1702 John, 6th Earl of Mar, began to convert the tower into an elegant modern house and created an ambitious and extensive planned landscape around his home.</p><p>In 1800 the mansion was destroyed by fire, but the tower survived. By the 1980s it was derelict. Alloa Tower Building Preservation Trust restored it to its likely appearance in 1712. The tower was opened formally by Her Majesty the Queen in 1997. A fine collection of Erskine family portraits from the Mar & Kellie collection is displayed, along with many items of family silver, while a DVD tells the story of the tower. Alloa Tower is owned and managed by the National Trust for Scotland.</p>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Late 15th century, with later alteraions