Edinburgh Castle | |
Settlement Type: | Plantation and Great House |
Pushpin Map: | Jamaica |
Coordinates: | 18.2467°N -77.202°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Jamaica |
Subdivision Type1: | Parish |
Subdivision Name1: | St Ann |
Established Title: | Built |
Established Date: | c. 1770 |
Founder: | Lewis Hutchinson |
Named For: | Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland |
Timezone1: | EST |
Utc Offset1: | -5 |
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. The ruins are on the list of National Heritage Sites in Jamaica.
There is a small nearby village of the same name at 18.2406°N -77.2194°W.[3]
There is also a small settlement of this name in St Thomas at 17.9004°N -76.5825°W[4]