Giffen Castle

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Giffen 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.

Giffen Castle was a medieval tower house, likely built in the 15th or 16th century by a local landholding family, though specific builders or occupants are not recorded. It is remembered as a typical example of a defensive residence from Scotland’s late medieval period.