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Rockfield Farm, Little Tarrel Castle

Tower House (medieval)
Rockfield Farm, Little Tarrel Castle
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Rockfield Farm, Little Tarrel Castle is a medieval Tower House in Highland, Scotland, still standing where human hands first shaped it. The stone may have hidden people from rain, raiders, or ordinary fear. Its exact purpose has faded, but the structure remains clear enough to judge: a tower built to keep something out or hold something safe.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Rockfield Farm, Little Tarrel Castle as 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.
Little Tarrel Castle, also known as Rockfield Farm, is a medieval tower house located in Scotland, likely built during the late 15th or early 16th century by a local landholding family. It is remembered as an example of the defensive and domestic architecture typical of the Scottish Borders during the medieval period.

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