What is recorded here

Auchenharvie Castle was a modest rectangular tower built for the Cunninghames in the late 15th century, where Robert Cunningham lost his life fighting Hugh Montgomerie before 1523. Later owners found the walls too small or left the estate in debt, so the stones sat empty until quarrying cut away the rocky outcrop that once made the tower look like a fortress. What remains is a broken corner and a vanished stair, proof that even a noble home can be erased when people stop believing it matters.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Auchenharvie 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.

Auchenharvie Castle was built as a medieval tower house, likely by a local landholding family in the 15th or 16th century. It is remembered as an example of the defensive and domestic architecture typical of lowland Scotland during the late medieval period.

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