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Auchinhamper, Auchenhamper Castle

Tower House (medieval)

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Auchinhamper Castle was a medieval tower house, likely built in the late 15th or early 16th century by a local landholding family, though specific builders remain unidentified. It is remembered as an example of Scottish defensive architecture and as evidence of the region's historic patterns of land ownership and clan activity.

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What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Auchinhamper, Auchenhamper Castle as Tower House (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
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