What is recorded here
Old Walls stands in Dumfries and Galloway as a medieval tower house, its stones marked by age rather than grandeur. The exact position remains uncertain within a kilometre, forcing imagination to complete what measurement withholds. Such ambiguity suits a place that may have watched borders shift or hidden people from storms. Its endurance is clear even when its history resists definition.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Old Walls as Tower House (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. 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.
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