Closeburn Castle

Sir Roger de Kirkpatrick was with Robert the Bruce at Dumfries in 1306, and assisted in the murder of John "the Red" Comyn.

His son, also Sir Roger, commanded a force which recaptured Caerlaverock and Dalswinton castles from the English in 1355.

It was surrounded by a timber palisade, and later, a stone walled barmkin, or defensive courtyard, with round towers at the corners.

The first-floor entrance to the tower still retains its iron yett, a defensive gate of metal bars.

When the family returned to the tower in the mid 18th century, the upper chambers were subdivided, and windows were enlarged to improve the standard of accommodation.