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Cally Castle

Earthwork (medieval), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval), Tower House (medieval)
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Cally Castle is a medieval tower house, earthwork and rig and furrow in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Its point is recorded to the nearest ten metres, but the land itself may still belong to someone else. The stones and soil have watched the border country for centuries, perhaps through siege, birth, hunger and joy. To stand near it is to share a moment with all the lives that never stopped turning the place over in their minds.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cally Castle as Earthwork (medieval), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval), Tower House (medieval). 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.
Cally Castle is a medieval tower house in Scotland, likely built between the 15th and 17th centuries, reflecting the defensive and residential architecture of Scottish landowners during that period. It is remembered as part of the country's historic earthworks and rural landscape features.

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