A number of such tower houses still exist, well-preserved examples include Purtse, Vao and Kiiu castles in Estonia.
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The castle was originally built in the late 13th century by the Scrymageour family, with the original castle being a smaller tower house.
Horsburgh Castle, also known as Horsbrugh Castle or Horsbrugh Tower, is a ruined tower house castle by the River Tweed, on the A72 road from Peebles to Galashiels, near Glentress in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.
It replaced an earlier tower house, which had served as the seat of the Lords Herries, and later the Earls of Nithsdale, until William Maxwell, the 5th Earl, forfeited his titles in 1716.
December: Discovery of three villages by Richard Wetherill and his brother-in-law Charlie Mason while tracking stray cattle: Cliff Palace, Spruce Tree House, and Square Tower House; now part of Mesa Verde National Park.
Blanche I of Navarre was kidnapped and held in the tower house in the village of Lukiano.
Elphinstone Tower, Falkirk, a ruined tower house on the Dunmore Estate in central Scotland
A castle (or tower-house) dating from c.1430, which was built by the Nugent family, is at Moyrath.
It was in this tower house that Francisco de Cuellar, the shipwrecked Armada officer, was entertained by Brian O'Rourke.
During his lifetime, Tynte also acquired lands in the Barony of Imokilly, including the tower house at Ballycrenane, near Ladysbridge, County Cork.
The hall house was rebuilt in 1688 around the ancient Pele Tower house for Sir William Blackett and was later substantially rebuilt again, in Palladian style, for Sir Walter Blackett by architect Daniel Garret, before passing to the Trevelyan family in 1777.