What is recorded here
Luce is a medieval tower house in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The region is a place where human life has continued for centuries. The tower still stands as evidence that people shaped the land and the land shaped them.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Luce as Tower House (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Luce Tower, a medieval tower house in Dumfries and Galloway, was built in the late 15th or early 16th century, likely by the Maxwell family, a powerful Scottish noble clan. It is remembered for its strategic location near the Solway Firth and its association with border conflicts between England and Scotland.
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