Archaeology Notes
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A complete and well-preserved example of a 15th-century c.1450, tower adjoining a modern house.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887; RCAHMS 1920; W D Simpson 1944; N Tranter 1965

The name 'Comlongan Castle' applies to a 19th-century house and the 15th-century tower, as described.
Visited by OS 31 October 1967 and 21 February 1973.
Architecture Notes
NMRS REFERENCE:

Owner: The Earl of Mansfield, per John T. McGlasson, Estate Office, Clarencefireld, Dumfriesshire.

Architect: William Bell c.1880 (alterations)
John M. Bowie and James Barbour - new house


Non-Guardianship Sites Plan Collection, DC23232- DC23234, 1933.

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