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Features

• Oldest building in Alloa and the largest surviving keep in Scotland
• Ancestral home of the 6th Earl of Mar, who led the ill-fated 1715 Jacobite Uprising
• Queen Mary stayed at the tower

About the property
The ancestral home of the Erskine family, the Earls of Mar and Kellie, Alloa Tower is one of Scotland’s largest surviving medieval tower houses and has an important collection of portraits, silver and furniture, which are loaned from the family’s private collections.

Opening times

Tower: 1 Apr to 31 Oct, daily 1-5 (last entry 4.15).

Visits outside these dates/times for pre-booked groups by arrangement with property.

Morning visits available for pre-booked groups

Costumed guided tours by arrangement