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Harburn Estate

Tower House (medieval)(possible)

What is recorded here

Harburn Estate is a possible medieval tower house beneath a 19th-century park in West Lothian. Alexander Young built Harburn House in 1804, while Camilty Gunpowder Mill manufactured explosive power nearby until 1929. King Charles X of France visited in 1832, and a stone column still marks that passing.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Harburn Estate as Tower House (medieval)(possible). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

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