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Rusky Castle

Bastle (medieval)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Rusky Castle as Bastle (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.
Rusky Castle was a medieval bastle, likely built in the late 16th or early 17th century, and is remembered as a type of small defensive structure associated with the border regions of Scotland, reflecting the turbulent history of lowland Scotland during that period.

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