Rusco Tower
Rusco Tower, sometimes called Rusco Castle, is a tower house near Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Built around 1500 for Mariota Carson and her husband Robert Gordon, on lands given to them by her father, it was used to incarcerate a number of the Gordons' rivals in the 16th century.Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: castle in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Rusco Castle” and “Rusko Castle”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anwoth.
Anwoth
Village
Photo: Chris Newman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Anwoth is a settlement near the Solway Firth in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire, southwest Scotland, within a parish of the same name in the Vale of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway. Anwoth is situated 2½ miles south of Rusco Tower.
Rusco Tower
- Category: castle
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.91834° or 54° 55′ 6″ northLongitude
-4.21044° or 4° 12′ 38″ westOpen location code
9C6QWQ9Q+8ROpenStreetMap ID
way 591911296OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q17570469
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Turkish—“Rusco Tower” goes by many names.
- German: “Rusco Tower”
- Turkish: “Rusko Kalesi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Carstramon Wood and Cuil Hill Plantation.
Nearby Places
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