What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dunsyre Castle as Tower House (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Dunsyre Castle was a medieval tower house, likely built in the late 15th or early 16th century by a local landholding family, though specific builders or occupants are not well documented. It is remembered as an example of the defensive and domestic architecture typical of lowland Scotland during the medieval period.
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Places near here
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Dunsyre ChurchMound (period Unassigned)(possible), Lithic Implement(s) (flint)(period Unassigned) · 502 yd
March BurnFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 605 yd
Dunsyre MainsFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 650 yd
Broomie LawWood · 1161 yd
Bog WoodForest · 1228 yd
Newholm HillMountain / peak · 1395 yd
White HillMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
EasthillsTower House (medieval) · 1.4 mi
Westhall Farm, Tower HouseTower House (medieval) · 1.4 mi
Garvald QuarryNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.7 mi
Kiln HillNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.2 mi