
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Carleton 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.
Carleton Castle is a medieval tower house located in Scotland, built during the late 15th or early 16th century, likely by a local noble family for defensive and residential purposes. It is remembered as an example of the transition from simple castles to more fortified domestic architecture in the Scottish Borders.
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Places near here
Little CarletonMotte (medieval) · 67 yd
Little Carleton MotteArchaeological place · 70 yd
Carleton MainsChapel (medieval)(possible) · 427 yd
Lendalfoot BeachBeach / strand · 567 yd
Lendalfoot, Lendalfoot BridgeRoad Bridge (period Unassigned) · 613 yd
Carleton BayBay · 827 yd
Varyag MemorialMemorial · 1052 yd
Varyag AnchorMemorial · 1080 yd
Jasper: Whilk Isle, Firth of ClydeCraft (19th Century) · 1.2 mi
Littleton HillMountain / peak · 1.9 mi
Colmonell, Main StreetNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.4 mi
Sawney Bean's CaveCave (period Unknown) · 2.4 miOther information
Photo: Rab McMurdo · CC BY-SA 2.0