What is recorded here

Gadgirth Castle stood above the River Ayr from the 14th century, held by the Chalmer family until the old tower gave way to a 19th-century house. John Chalmer fought for France in 1424 and may have died at Herrings in 1429, while James Chalmer confronted Mary of Guise in 1558 to defend reformers and their tenants. The castle is gone now, replaced by Gadgirth House, but the river still passes the place where Chalmers lived, resisted and vanished.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Gadgirth Castle as House (19th Century), 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.

Gadgirth Castle is a medieval tower house located in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, and was likely built in the late 14th or early 15th century by a local landholding family. It is remembered as an example of the defensive architecture used by Scottish borderers during a period of frequent conflict.

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