Dudhope Castle
Dudhope Castle is located on Dundee Law in Dundee, Scotland. The castle was originally a smaller tower house built in the late 13th century by the Scrymageour family. This was replaced around 1460 and then further extended in 1580 to its current L-plan structure with circular towers. In the 1980s the castle was redeveloped and is now in use as offices, a conference centre as well as housing the University of Abertay Business School.
The Scrymageour family sold the castle in 1668 to John Graham of Claverhouse (the following year John Graham died in battle leading the Jacobites to victory at Killiecrankie). In 1792 the castle was rented out for use as a woolen factory. In 1795 the park and the grounds were leased to the Board of Ordnance, who used Dudhope as a barracks for 95 years, from 1796 to 1879. Additional buildings were constructed, including a hospital, officers quarters, stables and guard-rooms. The castle was used as accommodation for 400 soldiers. The Board of Ordnance abandoned the castle in 1881. In council of Dundee bought the grounds and opened them up as a park in 1895. The building was later occupied by the Ministry of Works.