Old Buittle Tower
description: A chance to see the armed horsemen of the �Borderers�, a Border Reiver Living History group enacting the skills and traditions of 16C in the evocative setting of Old Buittle Tower. Built c 1500 for the Gordons of Lochinvar, this L-shaped tower house was originally within the bailey of Buittle Castle, once the seat of John Balliol, 13C King of Scots. Old Buittle Tower has in recent times been finely restored, and today provides the opportunity to explore the towerhouse and grounds/moats, also the medieval Laigh Hall, the period kitchen, stables and forge houses. Iinside the medieval Laigh Hall, with its vast fireplace, simple wooden benches and beamed ceiling hung with banners.
source: dumfriesandgalloway
date: 15-16C
type: Museum