Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Castle Douglas HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess No Activities <p>Yes</p> OpeningTime1 11.00-16.30 OpeningDate1 25/9/2005 OpeningTime2 11.00-16.30 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 9747 Refreshments No Street The street address Old Buittle Tower AddressLine2 Near Dalbeattie Postcode DG7 1PA Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old Buittle Tower Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived dumfriesandgalloway Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1110 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Description An account of the resource <p>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.</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 15-16C