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Lunelly Tower

Tower House (medieval)
Lunelly Tower
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Lunelly Tower stands in Dumfries and Galloway as a medieval tower house, its stones marked by centuries of storm and silence. The exact position is known within ten metres, yet the interior remains closed to casual curiosity. Such precision does not guarantee entry, only recognition. The tower keeps its distance, waiting for someone patient enough to read what the stones already know.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Lunelly Tower as 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.
Lunelly Tower is a medieval tower house located in Scotland, built during the late 15th or early 16th century, likely by a local landholding family. It is remembered as an example of the defensive and domestic architecture typical of the Scottish Borders during the medieval period.

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Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0