Edinburgh Castle, Jamaica
Edinburgh Castle | |
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Plantation and Great House | |
| Coordinates: 18°14′48″N 77°12′07″W / 18.2466843°N 77.2020167°W | |
| 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. It had two circular, loopholed towers diagonally at opposite corners. 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″N 77°13′10″W / 18.240591°N 77.219414°W.
There is also a small settlement of this name in St Thomas at 17°54′01″N 76°34′57″W / 17.9004029°N 76.5824533°W