What is recorded here
The NE tower of Crookston Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Glasgow City, Scotland. Perhaps it stood as a watchful sentinel over the land, its stones absorbing the heat of summer and the bite of winter. Maybe warriors paced its narrow chambers, listening for danger in the dark. Imagine the tower still holding the memory of every footstep and whispered command.
A named place photographed at this map point in Glasgow City.
The NE tower of Crookston Castle was built by the Maxwell family in the late 15th or early 16th century. It is remembered as part of a historically significant castle associated with the powerful Maxwell clan and the region's medieval history.
Places near here
Fireplace in Crookston CastleCastle, fort or tower · 33 yd
Crookston Castle from the eastCastle, fort or tower · 44 yd
Crookston CottageLodge (20th Century) · 115 yd
Crookston CastleCoal Mining Site (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 118 yd_Parish_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_8160490.jpg?width=1280)
Glasgow, 183 Meiklerig Crescent, St James Pollok ChurchChurch (19th Century) · 467 yd
Crookston WoodWood · 545 yd
Glasgow,Crookston Road, 510, Leverndale Hospital Water Tower and Hall (Former)Water Tower (19th Century) · 1017 yd
Corker HillMountain or hill · 1507 yd
Bull WoodWood · 1518 yd
Hurlet HillMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Craigton CemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.3 mi
Temple HillMountain / peak · 1.3 miOther information
Photo: Stephen Sweeney · CC BY-SA 2.0