
What is recorded here
Bamff House is a privately occupied 16th-century tower belonging to the Ramsay family, hidden on high ground above the Burn of Auchrannie. The line stretches back to a royal doctor named Ness in 1232, through duels, baronetcies and quiet survival of regional wars. Robert Burn remodified the house between 1820 and 1843, but the old tower still anchors the place. The Ramsay name continues there, turning a long borderland lineage into a living estate rather than a dead monument.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Bamff House as 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.
Bamff House, a 16th-century tower house in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, was built by the Drummond family, a prominent Scottish noble lineage. It is remembered for its historical association with the Drummonds and as an example of early defensive domestic architecture in Scotland.
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