Drumcoltran Tower
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Overview
Built in the late 16th century by the Maxwell family, Drumcoltran Tower was originally rectangular, but a projecting wing incorporating a new entrance and the spiral stair, was added soon afterwards. In 1668 the Inglis family acquired the tower and built the present nearby farmhouse in the 18th century. Servants lived here until it was abandoned in the late 19th century. The ground floor is divided between a kitchen and a storeroom, and the first floor contains the laird’s hall, with its large fireplace. At the top is a corbelled parapet and above the front entrance is a stone heraldic panel with a Latin inscription but no coat-of-arms.
Features
- Opening Times
- Open all year
- Opening Times: Open at any reasonable time
- Facilities
- Parking onsite
About the area
Dumfries and Galloway is a wonderfully undiscovered corner of Scotland – a romantic land of wooded glens, high hills and exposed moorland, haunted by its colourful past and the ghosts of those who fell in fierce and bloody battles. Heading west from Gretna Green you soon reach Dumfries, straddling the River Nith, where you may see red-breasted mergansers in summer.
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