What is recorded here

Moncur Castle stands in Perth and Kinross as a 16th-century tower house, its stones built to keep out trouble rather than invite it in. The structure still belongs to the post-Medieval fortified tradition, where height and thickness mattered more than comfort. Whether it guarded property, pride or merely a family’s stubbornness is no longer certain, but the shape of the building makes the intention clear.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Moncur Castle as Fortified House (post Medieval), Tower House (16th Century). 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.

Moncur Castle is a 16th-century tower house located in Scotland, reflecting the defensive architecture of the period. It is remembered as an example of the fortified residences built by local landowners during a time of clan rivalry and political instability.

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