
What is recorded here
Torwoodlee Tower is a medieval tower house in the Scottish Borders, still standing where it was built. It is the kind of place where a family lived, argued, loved and died without warning later people to remember them. The stones have watched the border country change for centuries, keeping its own quiet record of every life that passed through its doors.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Torwoodlee Tower 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.
Torwoodlee Tower is a medieval tower house located in East Ayrshire, Scotland, and is believed to have been built in the 16th century, likely by a local landholding family. It is remembered as an example of Scottish domestic architecture and as part of the region's historic landscape.
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Places near here
Torwoodlee MainsBuilding (period Unassigned) · 110 yd
TorwoodleeLinear Earthwork (period Unassigned) · 414 yd
Torwoodlee Chapel and Burial GroundBurial Enclosure (17th Century), Chapel (medieval)(possible) · 420 yd
Torwoodlee HouseCountry House (18th Century) · 584 yd
William Law WoodWood · 1758 yd
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Dunlee HillMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
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The FountainVisitor information · 1.9 mi
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Photo: Walter Baxter · CC BY-SA 2.0