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The Dunmore Pineapple

Near Airth, Falkirk

A summer house topped by a giant stone pineapple.

In the 1700s pineapples were a rare luxury, grown in heated glasshouses. The Earl of Dunmore built this garden house and topped it with a huge carved stone pineapple, 14 metres high.

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When
1761 and 1777
Where
56.0700, -3.7850
Group
Towers & follies

Visiting

National Trust for Scotland, grounds free. The house is a Landmark Trust let.

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