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Craigmaddie Castle

Tower House (medieval)

What is recorded here

Craigmaddie Castle stands in East Dunbartonshire as a medieval tower house, its stones still catching the low light while the land around it has changed shape many times. It may have served as a home, a watch post or a claim of power, though no surviving detail forces one answer. The castle keeps that absence intact, waiting for a person to imagine the hands that built it and the reasons they stayed.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Craigmaddie 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.
Craigmaddie Castle, a medieval tower house in Scotland, was likely built by the Keith family in the 15th or 16th century. It is remembered as a historic stronghold associated with one of Scotland's prominent noble families.

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