Mains Castle

Mains Castle (also known as Claverhouse Castle or Fintry Castle ) is a 16th-century castle in Dundee, Scotland. The castle consists of several buildings surrounding a courtyard, although several of the original western buildings no longer exist. The northern and eastern buildings are where the family would have lived, with the servants occupying the southern quarters. The castle also has a large, six-floor, square tower house with dressed cornerstones, which is typical of 16th-century construction. It is a Category A listed building.

The castle is located in Dundee's Caird Park to the north of the city overlooking the Dichty valley and adjacent to a small stream known as the Gelly Burn. On the opposite side of the burn is located the mausoleum of the Graham family and the Main's cemetery, which was formerly the site of the district's kirk.

The castle and its grounds was the subject of a poem by Dundee poet William McGonagall in his work The Castle of Mains.

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Mains Castleは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界2,246位（全3,734件中）、スコットランドの88件では84位にランクされています。約1550年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の42%より古い城です（16世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の351件のひとつ）。スコットランドが他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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