What tower house, probably of the 14th century, is the family seat of the Kirkpatrick family?
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Kirkpatrick baronets The Kirkpatrick Baronetcy, of Closeburn in the County of Dumfries, is a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created on 26 March 1685 for Thomas Kirkpatrick, with remainder to heirs male whatsoever. The family seat of the Kirkpatrick family was Closeburn Castle, Dumfriesshire.
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Closeburn Castle Closeburn Castle is a tower house, probably of the 14th century, but possibly older, and is one of the oldest continually inhabited houses in Scotland. The castle is located 1 km east of the village of Closeburn, and 2 km south-east of Thornhill, in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.
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Radcliffe Tower Radcliffe Tower is the only surviving part of a manor house in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester previously Lancashire(grid reference [ SD79580751] ). It is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Monument. The house was rebuilt in 1403 by James de Radcliffe, who was lord of the manor of Radcliffe, and consisted of a stone-built hall and one or two towers, probably built with ashlar blocks. De Radcliffe was given a royal licence to fortify the site including adding crenellations and battlements.
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Skelmorlie Castle Skelmorlie Castle stands on the eastern shore of the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, at the north-western corner of the county of Ayrshire. The structure dates from 1502, and was formerly the seat and stronghold of the Montgomery Clan. The modern village of Skelmorlie lies to the north of the castle.
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Fetteresso Castle Fetteresso Castle is a 14th-century towerhouse, rebuilt in 1761 as a Scottish gothic style Palladian manor, with clear evidence of prehistoric use of the site. It is situated immediately west of the town of Stonehaven in Kincardineshire slightly to the west of the A90 dual carriageway. Other notable historic fortified houses or castles in this region are Dunnottar Castle, Muchalls Castle, Fiddes Castle, Cowie Castle and Monboddo House.
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Hallforest Castle Hallforest Castle is a keep, one of the oldest in Scotland, as it dates from the 14th century. It is about a mile and a half from Kintore, in Aberdeenshire.
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Fanning's Castle Fanning's Castle (Irish: "Caisleán Uí Fhionáin" ), also called Whitamore's Castle, is the remains of a tower house and National Monument located in Limerick, Ireland.
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Careston Castle Careston Castle, also known as "Caraldston Castle", is an L-plan tower house dating from the 16th century, in Careston parish, Angus, Scotland.
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Kilclief Castle Kilclief Castle (Irish: "Caislean Cill Cléithe" ) (Ordnance Survey ref: J597457) is a tower-house castle beside Strangford Lough and 2.5 miles (4 km) south of the village of Strangford, County Down, Northern Ireland. Kilclief is a hamlet of historical value on the Strangford to Ardglass road. This kind of tower-house is sometimes called the gatehouse type, because of its similarity to a castle gatehouse. It is among the oldest tower houses in Lecale. Kilclief Castle tower house is a State Care Historic Monument in the townland of Kilclief, in Down District Council area, at grid ref: J5972 4575.
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Thoor Ballylee Thoor Ballylee Castle (Irish "Túr Bhaile Uí Laí") is a fortified, 15th (or 16th) century Hiberno-Norman tower house built by the septs de Burgo, or Burke, near the town of Gort in County Galway, Ireland. It is also known as "Yeats' Tower" because it was once owned and inhabited by the poet William Butler Yeats.
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Archibald Montgomerie, 14th Earl of Eglinton Archibald William Montgomerie, 14th Earl of Eglinton, DL (3 December 1841 - 30 August 1892) was a Scottish noble and member of the House of Lords.
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Little Harle Tower Little Harle Tower is a privately owned country house with 15th-century origins, at Little Harle, Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland. It is a Grade II* listed building.
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The Hirsel The Hirsel is a Category A Listed stately home near Coldstream in the Scottish Borders. It has been a seat of the Earls of Home since 1611, and the principal seat following the destruction of Hume Castle during the mid-17th century. It was the home of the former British Prime Minister, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, the 14th Earl of Home.
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Castle Levan Castle Levan (also known as Levan Castle) is a fortified tower house in Levan area of Gourock, Inverclyde, Scotland.
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Inverquharity Castle Inverquharity Castle is a 15th-century tower house in Angus, Scotland. It lies around 4.5 km north-east of Kirriemuir near the River South Esk.
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Cramond Tower Cramond Tower is a fifteenth-century tower house in the village of Cramond to the north-west of Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Keith Marischal Keith Marischal is a Scottish Baronial Country house lying in the parish of Humbie, East Lothian, Scotland. The original building was an "L-shaped" Tower house, built long before 1589 when it was extended into a "U-shaped" courtyard house. The building acquired its modern appearance in the 19th century, when the courtyard was filled in. The house is protected as a category B listed building.
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Palace of Monimail The Palace of Monimail, also known as Monimail Tower, was a Renaissance palace in Fife, Scotland. A residence of the Archbishops of St Andrews from the 13th century, in the early 17th century Monimail became a chief seat of the Melville family. Lord Monimail is one of the subsidiary titles of the Leslie-Melville Earls of Leven. It was abandoned in the late 17th century and subsequently most of the palace was demolished. One tower remains standing in the grounds of Melville House near the village of Monimail, 4 km north of Ladybank.
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Seapatrick Seapatrick (from Irish: "Suí Phádraig" , meaning "St Patrick's seat" ) is a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies partly across the three historic baronies of Iveagh Upper, Upper Half, Iveagh Lower, Lower Half and Iveagh Lower, Upper Half.
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Barnhills Tower Barnhills Tower was a 16th century tower house about 4.5 mi west of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders, Scotland, north of the River Teviot, on the high left bank of the Craigend Burn.
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Crawford Castle Crawford Castle, substantially in ruins, is located on the north bank of the River Clyde, around half a mile north of Crawford, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The ruins stand on an earlier motte and bailey earthwork. The castle was formerly known as Lindsay Tower, after its former owners, the Lindsay family. The strategic location of the castle, at [ NS954213] , guards the approach from England into the upper Clyde Valley.
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Portaferry Castle Portaferry Castle is a small tower house in Portaferry, County Down, Northern Ireland, overlooking the harbour. It was built in the 16th century by William Le Savage. Portaferry Castle tower house is a State Care Historic Monument in the townland of Ballyphilip, in Borough of Ards, at grid ref: J5930 5085.