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    Rusco Tower, sometimes called Rusco Castle, is a tower house near Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Built around 1500 for Mariota...
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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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    The restoration of castles and tower houses in Scotland, generally by private individuals and families, has been taking place for over a century[verification...
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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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Comlongon Castle
    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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  • Thumbnail for Lochwood Tower
    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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    Castle Gilnockie Tower Hills Tower Isle Tower Lochhouse Tower Orchardton Tower Repentance Tower Rusco Tower Sorbie Tower Robgill Tower Architecture portal...
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  • Thumbnail for Castle Kennedy (castle)
    Castle Kennedy is a ruined 17th-century tower house, about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, around 0.5 miles (0.8 km)...
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