What is recorded here
Archerbeck stands as a medieval tower house in Dumfries and Galloway, its stones marked by age rather than modern ambition. The exact position remains uncertain within a hundred metres, forcing imagination to complete what measurement refuses. That gap between knowledge and certainty is the true shape of the place: a tower holding more unknown than revealed.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Archerbeck 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 historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Archerbeck WoodWood · 321 yd
Burnside PlantationForest · 668 yd
RowanburnBell Pit(s) (19th Century) - (20th Century), Colliery (19th Century) - (20th Century), Mine Workings (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 957 yd
Samuel Lindsay MemorialMemorial · 1042 yd
RowanburnheadFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 1170 yd
Harelaw HillEnclosure (prehistoric) · 1316 yd
Park HouseEnclosure (period Unknown)(possible), Pit(s) (period Unknown)(possible) · 1.2 mi
Harelaw PikeMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Fairy Loup WaterfallWaterfall · 1.4 mi
Outer WoodheadTower House (medieval)(possible) · 1.4 mi
Gilnockie School War MemorialMemorial · 1.5 mi
Gilnockie TowerCarved Stone (period Unknown), Tower House (medieval) · 2.1 miOther information
Photo: Peter Bond · CC BY-SA 2.0