
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Drumcoltran 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.
Drumcoltran Tower is a medieval tower house believed to have been built by the Coltrane family, who were prominent in the region during the 15th and 16th centuries. It is remembered as an example of the defensive and residential architecture of lowland Scotland during the late medieval period.
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