Bedlay Castle on the outskirts of Glasgow near Moodiesburn. Primarily built in the 16th and 17th Centuries, it's an example of Tower House, probably the most common type of Scottish Castle. This type of building clearly influenced Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his contemporaries at the Glasgow School of Art when, in the 1890s, they were developing the Glasgow Style.

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Smailholm Tower, between Melrose and Kelso in the Scottish Borders, a reminder this was a deeply unsettled area for centuries. It was built by the Pringle family in about 1450 and remained in use until the early 1700s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/stboswells/smailholmtower/index.html

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Castle Fraser in Aberdeenshire, one of the most superbly evolved and impressive tower houses in Scotland. Its origins date back to the mid 1400s when a tower house originally was known as Muchill-in-Mar Castle was built here. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kenmay/castlefraser/index.html

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house with mermaid pond

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📍🌍 Ross Castle a 15th-century tower house in Killarney National Park, Ireland

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Smailholm Tower, between Melrose and Kelso in the Scottish Borders, a reminder this was a deeply unsettled area for centuries. It was built by the Pringle family in about 1450 and remained in use until the early 1700s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/stboswells/smailholmtower/index.html

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Always love a good cutaway. This one is of Cardoness, a castle once occupied by a family with whom I share a name, though I don’t know if I’m related to this branch.

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