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Howliston Tower

Farmhouse (post Medieval), Farmstead (medieval), Farmstead (post Medieval), Tower House (medieval)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Howliston Tower as Farmhouse (post Medieval), Farmstead (medieval), Farmstead (post Medieval), 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.
Howliston Tower is a medieval tower house in Scotland, likely built by a local landholding family during the late 15th or early 16th century. It is remembered as an example of the transition from defensive stronghold to more domestic architecture in lowland Scotland.

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