Amisfield Tower is a well-preserved tower house near Tinwald, about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Dumfries, in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland...
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massive drum towers faced in ashlar with the entrance passage between the towers. The west tower is largely original, but the east tower was largely rebuilt...
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overlooking the Nith Valley. The castle has 120 rooms, 17 turrets and four towers. In 1984, aerial photography revealed the outline of a substantial Roman...
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modernised during the 19th century, when the courtyard wall and the north-east tower were removed with the use of gunpowder. The south range was rebuilt in around...
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Lochwood Tower, also known as Lochwood Castle, is a ruined 16th-century L-plan tower house situated in Annandale (Valley of the River Annan) about 6 miles...
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Comlongon Castle is a tower house dating from the later 15th century or early 16th century. It is located 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) west of the village of...
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Anne Douglas and she changed the name of Newmilns to Amisfield after her ancestral home Amisfield Tower in Dumfriesshire. An original (smaller) estate house...
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Wigtown Castle Tower houses Abbot's Tower Auchenrivock Tower Amisfield Tower Balmangan Tower Barjarg Tower Bonshaw Tower Drumcoltran Tower Earlstoun Castle...
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Gilnockie Tower is a 17th-century tower house, located at the hamlet of Hollows, 2.2 km north of Canonbie, in Dumfriesshire, south-west Scotland. The tower is...
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Sorbie Tower is a fortified tower house 1 mile east of the village of Sorbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The ancient seat of the Clan Hannay, it...
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