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Isle Tower

Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Isle Tower is a tower house in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument. The nearest other castle is Caerlaverock Castle, 2.1 mi away.

Isle Tower in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Photo: Simon Lidwell, CC BY-SA 2.0

Isle Tower at a glance

Type

Tower house

Heritage status

scheduled monument

Nearest castle

Caerlaverock Castle

2.1 mi away

Castles in Dumfries and Galloway

64

Scotland

About Isle Tower

Isle Tower also known as Lochar Tower and Bankend Tower is a 16th-century ruined tower house located in the north of Bankend in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It was a property of the Maxwell family.

From the Wikipedia article on Isle Tower, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Isle Tower sits at 55.0053, -3.5212 in Dumfries and Galloway. The closest other castles are Caerlaverock Castle (2.1 mi), Cockpool Castle (2.7 mi) and Comlongon Castle (3.2 mi). Dumfries and Galloway has 64 castles in all.

Where Isle Tower is

55.0053, -3.5212 · more castles in Dumfries and Galloway