Ballinshoe Tower
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Ballinshoe Tower by Richard Paxman as part of the Geograph project.
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Ballinshoe Tower
Image: © Richard Paxman Taken: 2 Jul 2006
Ballinshoe is a small fortified tower house near Forfar, and was once part of the Glamis Estate. Built in the 16th century, the tower is rectangular in plan, has two single-room floors, attic space, and an adjacent enclosure. A bartizan is visible in one corner and it looks to me as though there was once a circular tower on the opposite corner where the entrance door is, but I wasn't going to brave wet grass and nettles to look closer! It was originally the property of the Lindsay family but passed to the Fletchers around the mid-17th century.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.6663
Longitude
-2.952155