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Ogs Castle

Tower House (medieval)

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Ogs Castle stands in South Lanarkshire as a medieval tower house, its stones still holding the shape of hands that built it. Whether it watched roads, hid lovers or bared teeth to raiders, the castle did more than decorate the land. It lived inside the risks and rhythms of the valley, waiting for people brave or desperate enough to notice.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ogs 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.
Ogs Castle is a medieval tower house located in Scotland, built during the late medieval period, though specific builders or occupants are not recorded. It is remembered as an example of the defensive and domestic architecture typical of Scottish landowners during that era.

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