What is recorded here

Sorbie Tower is a medieval tower house in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, built as the ancient seat of Clan Hannay. It stood through feudal expansion, a deadly feud with Clan Murray of Broughton, and the outlawing that drove many Hannays into Ulster. Its stones may still hold the shape of that displacement: a household proud enough to build, threatened enough to lose, and scattered far from the valley where it first claimed its name.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sorbie Tower as Tower House (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Sorbie Tower, located in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, was built by the Maxwell family in the late 15th or early 16th century. It is remembered as a well-preserved example of a Scottish tower house and for its historical association with the powerful Maxwell clan.

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