What is recorded here

Lordscairnie Castle stands as a ruined five-storey tower house near Moonzie, built around 1500 by Alexander Lindsay of Auchtermoonzie for the powerful Crawford family. James V reportedly visited shortly before his death in 1542, while James VI and the Earl of Arran arrived decades later, suggesting the stones witnessed both royal grandeur and political danger. The castle later became an unoccupied shelter for outlawed Episcopal meetings and agricultural storage, transforming a noble residence into a quiet vessel for forbidden prayer and ordinary survival.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Lordscairnie Castle as Tower House (medieval). 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.

Lordscairnie Castle is a medieval tower house located 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 defensive and residential architecture typical of the Scottish Borders during a period of frequent conflict.

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