What is recorded here
Peel of Buchanan stands in Stirling as a medieval tower house, its stones holding the shape of lives that no longer speak. It may have guarded a valley, hidden lovers, or simply endured rain while empires changed names. The tower does not need praise; it needs witness.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Peel of Buchanan 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.
The Peel of Buchanan was built in the late 14th or early 15th century by the Buchanan family, a prominent Scottish clan. It is remembered as a well-preserved example of a medieval tower house and as a historic seat of the Buchanans of Buchanan.
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