What is recorded here

Almond Castle stands in Falkirk as a medieval tower house born from the older Haining barony, where Crawford and Livingston families held power through changing fortunes. The name shifted around 1667 when Alexander Livingstone of Almond presented the local minister, turning Haining into Almond and later abrading it to Amon through local speech. The castle sat beside a small stream and an egg-shaped moat, overlooked by rising ground where Muiravonside Cemetery now spreads, while a public road passed to its south.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Almond Castle 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.

Almond Castle was a medieval tower house, likely built in the late 15th or early 16th century by a local noble or landholding family in the Almond valley region of Scotland. It is remembered as an example of the defensive and residential architecture typical of the Scottish Borders during a period of frequent conflict and territorial rivalry.

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