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Tilquhillie Castle

Tower House (medieval)
Tilquhillie Castle
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Tilquhillie 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.
Tilquhillie Castle was built as a medieval tower house, likely by a local landholding family in the 15th or 16th century. It is remembered as an example of Scottish medieval defensive architecture and as evidence of the region's historic patterns of land ownership and settlement.

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Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0