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Craigietochter Tower

Tower House (medieval)

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Craigietochter Tower stands in Aberdeenshire as a medieval tower house, its stones marked by centuries rather than a single dramatic event. The structure still belongs to the landscape, waiting for boots on stone and breath in the gallery. Whatever lives inside the walls now, the tower has already endured every storm and forgotten the names of most of its keepers.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Craigietochter Tower 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.
Craigietochter Tower is a medieval tower house located in Scotland, likely built during the late 15th or early 16th century by a local landholding family. It is remembered as an example of the defensive and domestic architecture typical of the Scottish Borders during the medieval period.

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