
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dowhill 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.
Dowhill Castle is a medieval tower house located in Scotland, built during the late 15th or early 16th century, likely by a local landholding family. It is remembered as an example of the defensive and residential architecture typical of the Scottish Borders during the medieval period.
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Photo: Wallace Shackleton · CC BY-SA 2.0