Rusco Tower
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Rusco Tower is a castle in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is a category A listed building. The nearest other castle is Cardoness Castle, 3.2 mi away.
Rusco Tower at a glance
Type
Castle
Heritage status
category A listed building
Nearest castle
Cardoness Castle
3.2 mi away
Castles in Dumfries and Galloway
64
Scotland
About Rusco Tower
Rusco Tower, sometimes called Rusco Castle, is a tower house near Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Built around 1500 for Mariota Carson and her husband Robert Gordon, on lands given to them by her father, it was used to incarcerate a number of the Gordons' rivals in the 16th century.
From the Wikipedia article on Rusco Tower, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rusco Tower sits at 54.9183, -4.2104 in Dumfries and Galloway. The closest other castles are Cardoness Castle (3.2 mi), Barholm Castle (6.1 mi) and Plunton Castle (6.2 mi). Dumfries and Galloway has 64 castles in all.
