Newmilns Tower

Newmilns Tower is a rectangular tower house,^[1] measuring 30 by 24 feet (9.1 m × 7.3 m), with walls 5 feet (1.5 m) thick,^[2] having three storeys and an attic. There is a parapet. The corners are topped by corbelled-out rounds. It has a chamber in each floor, and a vaulted basement.^[1] The entrance is at ground level,^[2] protected by a heavy, double-planked, oak door, once secured by three oak drawbars with drawbar slots.^[3] The great hall was on the first floor; it has an open fireplace, a garderobe in the north wall, a large window in a recess in the south wall, defensive slit windows in the east and west walls, and two aumbries. ^[3] Some iron bars inserted into the windows, and two cell doors with heavy locks, from the time when this floor was used as a prison divided into cells. remain in the building.^[3] There is a wheel-stair in the southeast angle^[2].An iron yett protected upper floors.^[3] There would have been a surrounding wall. Timothy Pont recorded the tower as “surrounded by orchards, gardens and pleasances”.^[3]

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