What is recorded here

Hills Tower is a sixteenth-century tower house near Dumfries, built around 1527 for Edward Maxwell, whose initials still appear above the door with his wife Janet Corsane. Its barmkin walls and gatehouse survive, and cannon-shaped gargoyles drain the roof, while a Georgian wing added in 1721 carries Maxwell armorial panels. The McCullochs of Ardwall received it by marriage and may still call it home, which makes the old stone feel less like a monument and more like a household that has simply kept its name.

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

Hills Tower is a 16th-century tower house located in Scotland, reflecting the defensive and residential architecture of the medieval period. Its survival provides insight into the regional building practices and social structures of lowland Scotland during the late medieval era.

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