All Towers
Ancient towers in Scotland
- Save to ListPhone: +Greenknowe Tower bears the date 1581 in an inscription above the entrance doorway. In fact, it’s a substantial reworking of an older building, possibly the first Scottish castle of the mighty Gordon clan. Read more...
- Save to ListPhone: +A remote and austere building, Kirkhope Tower is of a square footprint and constructed from local stone. It consists of four main floors and a garret floor above the parapet. Its small windows are constructed with simple relieving arches and stand with the exception of the light into the Ground floor at heights of over thirty feet. It stands on Read more...
- Save to ListPhone: +Nisbet House is a substantial baronial style mansion in Nisbet, Berwickshire. It was built in about 1630 by Sir Alexander Nisbet. Architectural evidence suggests that the building incorporates, at its eastern end, the square pele tower that was the former Nisbet Castle Read more...