
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Carberry Tower as Country House (17th Century) - (19th 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.
Carberry Tower was built in the 16th century as a tower house and later expanded into a country house in the 17th century; it is associated with the influential Leslie family of that era. The site is historically important as the location where Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned in 1567 before her forced abdication.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
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