| Isle Tower | |
| Location: | Bankend, Dumfries and Galloway |
| Type: | Tower house |
| Coordinates: | 55.0057°N -3.5213°W |
| Built: | c. 1565 |
| Used: | Until 1667 |
Isle Tower also known as Lochar Tower and Bankend Tower is a 16th-century ruined tower house located in the north of Bankend in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.[1] It was a property of the Maxwell family.[2]
The building is mentioned in a 1560s English report and was built around 1565 at which time William Maxwell was resident.[3] Lord Scrope burned the tower in 1570.[4] William's successor Edward Maxwell of Isle reconstructed the building in 1622, with a stair wing being added to its north east side. It appears to have been abandoned soon after the death of Robert Maxwell, 2nd Earl of Nithsdale in 1667.[5] Most of the south east end of the tower had collapsed by the end of the 19th century and the stair wing fell in 1969.