Auchenskeoch Castle

Auchenrivock Tower
Near Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Ordnance Survey grid reference NX918589

Auchenskeoch within Castle Farm
Auchenrivock Tower
Coordinates 54°54′49″N 3°41′19″W / 54.913504°N 3.688609°W / 54.913504; -3.688609
Type Z-plan tower house
Site information
Owner Private
Condition Ruined
Site history
Built 17th century
Materials Stone

Auchenskeoch Tower is a 17th-century tower house situated in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is near Dalbeattie in the civil parish of Colvend and Southwick, in the county of Kirkcudbrightshire. It is thought to be built on a Z-plan, making it the only such tower in Galloway. Dalswinton Tower in Dumfriesshire is the only other example in Dumfries and Galloway. The remains of the tower are within the modern Castle Farm.

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