What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cranshaws 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.
Cranshaws 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. It is remembered as an example of the defensive and domestic architecture of the Scottish Borders during a period of frequent conflict.
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Places near here
Cranshaws FarmFarmhouse (late 18th Century) · 72 yd
Cranshaws HillTrack(s) (post Medieval) · 855 yd
Long WoodQuarry(s) (modern) · 875 yd
Cranshaws Parish Church, Manse, OutbuildingBothy (post Medieval) · 1073 yd
Duncanbrae WoodForest · 1405 yd
WhiteadderPicnic place · 1.3 mi
Blackcleugh RigMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Southern Upland Way (Section C - Lauder to Cockburnspath)Walking route · 1.7 mi
Dyeshaugh PlantationForest · 1.7 mi
Gamelshiel CastleRuins · 2.7 mi
LongformacusTower House (medieval) · 2.8 mi
Moss LawMountain / peak · 5.1 miOther information
Photo: M J Richardson · CC BY-SA 2.0