John the Bangster's House (site of)
Parish: Muthill
County: Perthshire
Grid reference: NN 8727 1743
Lat / long: 56.335819, -3.824923
Alternative names: Fintalich; Muir Of Lintibert
There was a fortified house, possibly a castle or tower of some kind, standing on a knoll here and surrounded by a moat or ditch.
Around 1840 the last remains of the building were removed, and the ditch filled in. It was still possible to see a slight rise in the field in 1967, and the same year the farmer (from Fintalich Farm) drained the field but nothing of interest was found.
The house was said to have belonged to John the Bangster, a local robber who shot and killed a man named Murray with a bow and arrow.
