What is recorded here

Hatton Castle is a 16th-century tower house on Hatton Hill above Newtyle, built in 1575 for Laurence, fourth Lord Oliphant. Its unusual internal scale and platt staircase suggests the Oliphants wanted grandeur even in a remote border landscape. A cannon still points toward the road, perhaps remembering the old trick of forcing travellers inside for food and talk. The castle lost its roof around 1720, but it still stands watchful over the Den of Newtyle, with Ben Lawers visible in the distance.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Hatton Castle as Tower House (16th Century). 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.

Hatton Castle, a 16th-century tower house, was likely built by a local noble or landholding family in the Scottish Borders region. It is remembered as a typical example of late medieval defensive architecture in southern Scotland.

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