What is recorded here

Lochnaw Castle, Home Farm stands in Dumfries and Galloway as a recorded farmstead, its exact position known to the nearest metre though its age remains unassigned. The name suggests a castle once proud enough to lose its towers and become a working farm, yet no date or event is recorded to confirm that descent.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Lochnaw Castle, Home Farm as Farmstead (period Unassigned). 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.

Lochnaw Castle, Home Farm, is a 16th-century tower house associated with the Maxwell family, built as a defensive residence in the Annandale region of southern Scotland. It is remembered for its historical connection to the Border Reivers and its architectural significance as a well-preserved example of a Scottish border castle.

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