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Auchinvole Castle

Country House (16th Century), Tower House (medieval)
Auchinvole Castle
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Auchinvole Castle as Country House (16th Century), 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.
Auchinvole Castle was a medieval tower house and later 16th-century country house, likely built by the Maxwell family, who were prominent in the region. It is remembered for its historical association with the Maxwells and as an example of Scottish domestic architecture from the medieval to early modern period.

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Photo: Stephen Sweeney · CC BY-SA 2.0