In the 1970s, Carte became the tenant of the semi-ruined Barscobe Castle, Balmaclellan, a small seventeenth-century fortified house in south-west Scotland, which she restored.
In the 1970s, Carte acquired ownership of the dilapidated Barscobe Castle, Balmaclellan, a small seventeenth-century fortified house in southwest Scotland, which she restored.