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Cumstoun Castle is a ruined tower house located in Kirkcudbrightshire in south-west Scotland. The castle dates from the medieval period and represents the fortified domestic architecture characteristic of the Scottish Borders and south-west region, where such structures served as both defensive strongholds and residences for local landholding families. The surviving remains indicate a multi-storey stone structure typical of tower houses constructed between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries. As a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland designation SM8263, Cumstoun Castle preserves material evidence of medieval settlement patterns and the architectural practices of the region during a period of significant political and social development in south-west Scotland.
Cumstoun Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM8263. View the official record →
Cumstoun Castle is a ruined tower house located in Kirkcudbrightshire in south-west Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM8263.
Cumstoun Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM8263.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Grange, cup and ring marked rocks (5.8 km), North Milton,fort 235m NNE of (6 km), Cup marked rocks, 605m SSW, 555m S and 545m SSE of High Grange (6.4 km).
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