What is recorded here

Castlehill Tower rose as a solid oblong stone box on a rocky knoll above the Manor Water, guarding a shallow ford where travel depended on knowing the owner and paying the price. The Lowis of Manor built it near the end of the 15th century, and later hands carried it through sale, ownership and neglect until William Tweedie of Quarter abandoned it in 1840. Its thick basement walls, east lobby, turning stair and latrine chutes still mark the shape of a household that watched the water, waited for visitors and dropped its waste into the dark below.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castlehill Tower as Motte (medieval)(possible), 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.

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