What is recorded here

Corse Castle is a surviving 16th century Scottish Z-plan tower house in Aberdeenshire, built in 1581 for William Forbes, whose initials and date still appear above the entrance. Its compact L and Z shape, round stair tower, gun-loops and partial vaulted cellars reveal a small aristocratic home designed for both comfort and defence. The gutted interior and unusual foundation suggest a busy household adapted to uneven ground, while the great kitchen fireplace still marks the heart of that lost domestic life.

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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