What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Colliston 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.
Colliston 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 typical Scottish defensive architecture from the period.
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Places near here
East Mains of CollistonFarmhouse (period Unassigned) · 682 yd
West Mains of CollistonEnclosed Settlement (prehistoric), Pit(s) (period Unknown), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 747 yd
LoanheadBarrow (prehistoric), Geological Cropmark (period Unassigned) · 950 yd
TempletonFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 1026 yd
Magungie WoodWood · 1.3 mi
Kinblethmont HillMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Friockheim War MemorialMemorial · 2.2 mi
Boysack QuarryNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.3 mi
Cairnconon HillMountain / peak · 2.8 mi
Gardyne CastleTower House (medieval) · 2.8 mi
West Woods of EthieWood · 2.9 mi
Mortuary ChapelMemorial · 3.0 miOther information
Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0