Castles in the sky

We visited the house of Binns today.

The House of the Binns stands as a living monument to one of Scotland?s oldest families, the Dalyells, who have lived here since 1612. The family home of the Dalyell family for nearly 400 years. The house was gifted to the NTS in 1944, along with the Parkland, contents and an endowment, under the Country House Scheme by Eleanor Dalyell, who retained the right of the family to live in the house. (extract from National trust site)

This tower was erected as a forfeit after a lost a bet.