Edinburgh Castle, Jamaica

Edinburgh Castle
Plantation and Great House
Edinburgh Castle
Coordinates: 18°14′48″N77°12′07″W / 18.2466843°N 77.2020167°W / 18.2466843; -77.2020167
Country	Jamaica
Parish	St Ann
Built	c. 1770
Founded by	Lewis Hutchinson
Named after	Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)

Edinburgh Castle, an estate and now ruined great house in Saint Ann, was built by Jamaica's earliest recorded serial killer, Lewis Hutchinson. ^{[1] [2]} It had two circular, loopholed towers diagonally at opposite corners. ^[1] The ruins are on the list of National Heritage Sites in Jamaica.

There is a small nearby village of the same name at 18°14′26″N77°13′10″W / 18.240591°N 77.219414°W / 18.240591; -77.219414 . ^[3]

There is also a small settlement of this name in St Thomas at 17°54′01″N76°34′57″W / 17.9004029°N 76.5824533°W / 17.9004029; -76.5824533 ^[4]

In popular media

• In Assassin's Creed III , the decaying abandoned Edinburgh Castle can be explored by the game's fictional protagonist Connor Kenway, in search for one of the pieces of Captain Kidd's treasure map which ended up in Lewis Hutchinson's private collection after he supposedly killed Joseph Palmer only for it to be stolen by another of Hutchinson's victims. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

See also

• Jamaica National Heritage Trust
• List of Plantation Great Houses in Jamaica

References

1. "Edinburgh Castle". Kingston, Jamaica: Jamaica National Heritage Trust. 2005. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
2. Tortello, Dr. Rebecca (2002-11-06). "Lewis Hutchinson: The Mad Master". Jamaica Gleaner. Archived from the original on 2009-08-30. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
3. UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica sheet G, 1973.
4. "Edinburgh Castle, Saint Thomas, Jamaica". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2009-10-01..
5. "Mad Doctor's Castle Mission". IGN . June 18, 2013. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
6. Bowden, Oliver (November 8, 2012). Assassin's Creed: Forsaken. Penguin UK. p. 496. ISBN   9780718193690.
7. Assassin's Creed III - Strategy Guide. Gamer Guides. October 28, 2015. p. 73. ISBN   9781621545316.
8. Shepard, Douglas (November 18, 2012). "Assassin's Creed 3 – Captain Kidd's Treasure – The Mad Doctor's Castle". Rariti Guide. Retrieved December 20, 2017.

External links

• Aerial view.