Dudhope Castle

[2] The castle was further extended in 1580[3] for James Scrimgeour and Magdalen Livingstone to its current L-plan structure with additional circular "angle" towers, although these were demolished in the 18th century.

Some dormer or storm windows had stone pediments dated "1600", with the initials "DML" for Dame Magdalen Livingstone.

[5] On the death in 1668 of John Scrimgeour, 13th [6] (or 14th)[7] Constable, and first Earl of Dundee, King Charles II ignored the existence of the rightful heir, John Scrimgeour of Kirkton, and made a grant of Dudhope Castle and the office of Constable to Charles Maitland, a younger brother of the 1st Duke of Lauderdale.

Later, when in financial difficulty, Maitland sold Dudhope Castle in 1684 to John Graham of Claverhouse, better known to most as "Bonnie Dundee".

[10] In 1854 the town council of Dundee acquired a sub-lease on the castle grounds, for use as recreational facilities.

It ceased to be used in 1916 so as not do disturb patients at the nearby Dundee Royal Infirmary who were suffering from shell-shock.