
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Corse 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.
Corse Castle is a medieval tower house located in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, and was likely built in the 15th or 16th century by a local landholding family, possibly the Maxwell or Johnstone clans, who were prominent in the region. It is remembered as an example of the defensive architecture used by Scottish border families during a period of frequent conflict.
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Photo: Stanley Howe · CC BY-SA 2.0