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Garlies Castle is a tower house situated in Kirkcudbrightshire, in the south-west of Scotland. The castle dates from the late medieval period and stands as an example of the defensive domestic architecture characteristic of the Scottish borders and south-western regions during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The structure comprises a fortified tower of modest scale, typical of the castellated residences built by minor nobility and gentry to protect their lands and assert their status during this period of feudal tenure and intermittent border unrest.
Garlies Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7916. View the official record →
Garlies Castle is a tower house situated in Kirkcudbrightshire, in the south-west of Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM7916.
Garlies 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 SM7916.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Boreland,chambered cairn (1.7 km), Napper's Cottage,chambered cairn (2.6 km), Minnigaff, Old Church (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Garlies Castle's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Garlies Castle stands on Shinnel Formation And Glenlee Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is wacke.