skip to main content

Blog
- Art & design
- Castles
- Cycling
- Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Festival
- Food & drink
- General
- History
- Music
- Sport
- Walking
- Whisky
- Wildlife
Castles
History
- Castles
- Ancient history
  - barrows
  - brochs
  - cairns
  - caves
  - chambered cairns
  - cists
  - crannogs
  - cursus monuments
  - forts
  - henges
  - rock art
  - sacred sites
  - souterrains
  - standing stones
  - stone circles
- Pictish history
- Clans
- Trace your ancestors
Culture
Eat
Drink
Stay
Travel guide
Walking
- Munros
- West Highland Way
Photos
Offers

Hills Tower

Alternative names for Hills Tower

Hill's Castle; Hill's Tower; Hills Castle

Where is Hills Tower?

Hills Tower is in the parish of Lochrutton and the county of Kirkcudbrightshire.

Grid reference: NX 91224 72666

Lat / long: 55.0365680, -3.7035794

Bing Maps | Google Maps | Historic maps (NLS) | OpenStreetMap | Ordnance Survey | PastMap | Streetmap | Wikimapia

OS Map for Hills Tower

Dumfries & Dalbeattie (New Abbey & Mabie Forest)
OS Explorer map 313

Directions to Hills Tower

Enter a starting point

Weather at Hills Tower

6°C
max 6°C / min 6°C

16km/h WSW
1019mb
93%
100%
08:19 15:50

Overcast clouds
Weather observed at Dumfries at 21:53

References (books)

The Castles of Scotland

Martin Coventry
Prestongrange, 2015

References (websites)

Castles near Hills Tower

Auchenfranco (site of)

Collochan Castle (site of)

Troston (site of)

Ladye Chapel Knowe

Terregles (site of)

Drumcoltran Tower

Mote of Troqueer

Dumfries Castle (site of)

Maxwell's Castle (site of)

more castles....

Ancient sites near Hills Tower

Curriestanes cursus

Fourmerkland cursus

Twelve Apostles stone circle

Holywood South cursus

Holywood North cursus

Holm cursus

Gallaberry cursus

McCulloch's Castle fort

Trailflat cursus

more ancient sites....

Pictish stones near Hills Tower

Trusty's Hill Class I rock carving

Eggerness Class I rock carving

Borthwick Mains Class I symbol stone

Abernethy No. 2 Class III symbol stone

Abernethy No. 4 Class III cross shaft

Princes Street Gardens Class I symbol stone

Hawkhill Class III cross-slab

Tullibole Class III cross slab

Old Kilmadock 2 Class I symbol stone

more Pictish stones....

Pictish sites near Hills Tower

Whitecleugh silver chain

Todholes (possible) silver chain

Borland silver chain

Whitlaw silver chain

Haddington silver chain

Traprain Law silver chain

Hoardweel silver chain

Norrie's Law hoard

Dunnicaer fort

more Pictish sites....

Cafés, restaurants & bars near Hills Tower

Aston Hotel Dumfries

hotel, restaurant, barDumfries

Best Western Station Hotel

hotel, restaurant, barDumfries

Premier Inn Dumfries

hotel, restaurantDumfries

Friars Carse Country House Hotel

hotel, restaurantAuldgirth

Cavens Country House Hotel

hotel, restaurantDumfries

King's Arms Hotel, Castle Douglas

hotel, restaurant, barCastle Douglas

Hetland Hall Hotel

hotel, restaurant, barCarrutherstown

Trigony Country House Hotel

hotel, restaurantThornhill

Best Western Dryfesdale Country House Hotel

hotel, restaurant, barLockerbie

Kirkconnel Hall Hotel

hotel, restaurant, barEcclefechan

more food.... / more drink....