What is recorded here
Tanlawhill in Dumfries and Galloway held a medieval farmstead, kiln, quarry scoops and a 16th century tower house, marking it as a working estate rather than a passive field. Heat, stone and domestic life may have filled the same hill, with people moving material from quarry to kiln and sustaining a household through the years. The tower house suggests the arrangement outlasted ordinary farming and acquired a defensive or status role.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Tanlawhill as Farmstead (medieval) - (post Medieval), Kiln (medieval) - (post Medieval), Quarry Scoop(s) (period Unknown), 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.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Tanlawhill CottagesCottage(s) (period Unassigned) · 225 yd
TanlawhillFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 262 yd
Tanlawhill RigBurnt Mound (prehistoric) · 655 yd
Blackhouse HillEnclosure (iron Age)(possible), Scooped Settlement (iron Age) · 1583 yd
Hart FellMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Woodhill EdgeMountain / peak · 2.0 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 4.3 mi
Telford MemorialMemorial · 4.5 mi
WesterhallHouse (18th Century), Tower House (medieval) · 5.2 mi
KirtleheadTower House (medieval) · 5.8 mi
Dodge WoodWood · 6.2 mi
Oak BankWood · 6.3 mi