Lochhouse Tower

Lochhouse Tower
	Near Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland; UK grid reference NT082033
	The tower in 2006
	Lochhouse Tower
Coordinates	55°18′56″N 3°26′45″W / 55.315622°N 3.445868°W
Type	Oblong plan Tower house
Site information
Owner	Private
Open to; the public	No
Condition	Restored as private residence c. 1978
Site history
Built	c. 1550
Materials	Stone

Lochhouse Tower is a mid-16th-century tower house situated near Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway. It was restored in the late 1970s and is now used as a private residence.

References

Coventry, Martin (2001) The Castles of Scotland, 3rd Ed. Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-26-7
Maxwell-Irving, A. M. T. (2000) The Border Towers of Scotland, Creedon Publications ISBN 1-899316-31-0

External links

Lochhouse Tower at castleuk.net

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