What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ormiston Tower as Tower House (16th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Ormiston Tower, a 16th-century tower house in East Lothian, Scotland, was built by the Forman family, a prominent local landowning family. It is remembered as a well-preserved example of a Scottish tower house and for its historical association with the region's medieval and early modern history.
- Official record
- 53133
- Location
- inside public local-area border
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