What is recorded here

Illieston Castle stands beside the River Almond in West Lothian, built around 1600 with a tall staircase tower and a small watch-chamber that still points toward the moor. King James VI is said to have funded part of its construction for hunting, while the Hamilton family later lived inside its strong rooms and kept a hidden chamber for a priest. William Burn restored the house in 1856, shaping the building that remains listed today.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Illieston Castle as 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.

Illieston Castle was a 16th-century fortified house, likely built by a local landholding family in the northeast of Scotland. It is remembered as an example of early defensive domestic architecture in the region during a period of political and military instability.

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