Auchenskeoch Castle

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The ruin of Auchenskeoch Castle in Castle Farm

Auchenskeoch Castle , also Auchenskeoch Tower , is the ruin of a residential tower near Dalbeattie in the Scottish county of Kirkcudbrightshire (now Dumfries and Galloway administrative unit ). The 17th century ruin is said to have had a Z-shaped floor plan, making it the only building of its kind in Galloway . The ruins are listed as a Scheduled Monument . The remains of the residential tower are on the grounds of the modern Castle Farm .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

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  • Auchenskeock Castle . In: Canmore . Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  • Martin Coventry: The Castles of Scotland . 3. Edition. Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-26-7 .
  • AMT Maxwell-Irving: The Border Towers of Scotland . Creedon Publications, 2000. ISBN 1-899316-31-0 .

Coordinates: 54 ° 54 ′ 48.6 ″  N , 3 ° 41 ′ 19 ″  W.