[1] The land appears to have been given to Thomas Grierson by the Earl of Morton in 1587.
[2] His son John Grierson and his wife Grizel Kilpatrick built the tower.
[1] Subsequent owners included the judge Lord Tinwald and the minister Andrew Hunter.
[1] The castle, which has been modernised within, has a crenellated parapet, which may be a later addition.
[1] The castle, which has four storeys and an attic, is built of red rubble.