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Golspie Tower

Tower House (medieval)

What is recorded here

Golspie Tower vanished before modern cameras arrived, leaving only a heap of stone that a local man removed from in front of the farm cottage. The site once held a medieval tower and a two-storey house built near it, but by 1810 the structures had become farm stables for the Golspie Inn. A fire in 1970 destroyed the remaining roof and upper storey, prompting demolition in 1978 and the building of a new house from the old steadings.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Golspie Tower 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.
Golspie Tower, a medieval tower house in Scotland, was built by the Gordon family in the 16th century. It is remembered as a historic stronghold associated with the powerful and influential Gordon earls of Sutherland.

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