What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Almond Castle as Tower House (medieval). 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.
Almond Castle was a medieval tower house, likely built in the late 15th or early 16th century by a local noble or landholding family in the Almond valley region of Scotland. It is remembered as an example of the defensive and residential architecture typical of the Scottish Borders during a period of frequent conflict and territorial rivalry.
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