Orchardton Tower
📍 Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
About
Orchardton Tower is a ruined tower house in Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located four miles south of Dalbeattie, and one mile south of Palnackie, in Buittle parish. It is remarkable as it's the only cylindrical tower house in Scotland. Orchardton Tower is in the care of Historic Environment Scotland as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Built in the mid-15th century by John Cairns, this is the only cylindrical tower house in Scotland. Standing about 33 feet tall with a spiral staircase, it originally had attached rectangular buildings now reduced to foundations. The tower passed through several families before coming into state care. A scheduled monument managed by Historic Environment Scotland.
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