What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Allanmouth Tower as Earthwork (16th Century), Tower House (16th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Allanmouth Tower was built in the 16th century as a tower house, likely by a local landholding family for defensive and residential purposes. It is remembered as a surviving example of early Scottish tower house architecture and as part of the region's historic landscape.
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Places near here
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Nan Lyle MemorialMemorial · 1406 yd
WhitchestersFindspot (period Unassigned), Armlet(s) (period Unassigned), Flake(s) (period Unassigned), Lithic Implement(s) (period Unassigned), Microlith(s) (period Unassigned) · 1658 yd
Branxholme CastleBarmkin (16th Century), Castle (16th Century) · 1.0 mi
Chapelhill CovertFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.0 mi
Lochburn PlantationForest · 1.3 mi
ChapelhillFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned), Stable(s) (period Unassigned) · 1.3 mi
Hott HillMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Borthaugh CovertWood · 2.4 mi
Bill McLaren StoneMemorial · 3.1 miOther information
Photo: Walter Baxter · CC BY-SA 2.0