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Drumin Castle

Tower House (medieval)
Drumin Castle
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Drumin Castle stands in Moray as a medieval tower house, its stones still holding the shape of hands that built it to watch the land. It may have been a home, a prison, a border marker or a small weapon against darkness, and that uncertainty keeps it alive. The castle does not need a heroic owner or a bloody date because it is still doing what it was made to do: rising above the ordinary ground and refusing to be forgotten.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Drumin Castle 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.
Drumin Castle, a medieval tower house in Scotland, was likely built in the 15th or 16th century by a local landholding family, though specific builders or occupants are not recorded. It is remembered as an example of the defensive and domestic architecture typical of the Scottish Highlands during the late medieval period.

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Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0