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Ancrum House

Armorial Panel (16th Century), Armorial Panel (17th Century), Tower House (medieval)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ancrum House as Armorial Panel (16th Century), Armorial Panel (17th Century), Tower House (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Ancrum House is a medieval tower house in the Scottish Borders, likely built in the late 15th or early 16th century by a local Border family, possibly the Maxwells. It is remembered for its historical association with the turbulent history of the Border Reivers and for the survival of 16th- and 17th-century armorial panels, which provide insight into the region's heraldic traditions.

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