Annotation:Torrisdale Castle
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TORRISDALE CASTLE. Scottish, Pipe March (2/4 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Torrisale Castle" is a pipe march composed by John Thomson. Torrisdale Castle is a mansion built in 1815, overlooking Torrisdale Bay, Argyll, south of Carradale, Kintyre, Scotland. It was built by General Keith Macalister of Loup and Torrisdale, designed by architect James Gillespie Graham. The building is castellated and consists of two storeys and a basement.