What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Holmains Tower as House (17th Century), 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.
Holmains Tower, a medieval tower house in Scotland, was likely built in the late medieval period and modified or used as a house in the 17th century. It is remembered as an example of Scottish domestic architecture and as a surviving relic of the region's historic built environment.
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