What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Johnstone 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.
Johnstone Castle was a 16th-century tower house, likely built by a local noble or landholding family in the Johnstone area of Scotland. It is remembered as a typical example of Scottish medieval defensive architecture and as evidence of the region's historical land tenure and social structure.
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Photo: Lairich Rig · CC BY-SA 2.0