
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairns Castle as Tower House (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Cairns Castle is a medieval tower house located in Scotland, built during the late 15th or early 16th century, likely by a local landholding family. It is remembered as an example of the defensive and domestic architecture typical of the Scottish Borders during the medieval period.
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Places near here
Cairns Castle BridgeRoad Bridge (period Unassigned) · 86 yd
Harperrig ReservoirBridge (period Unassigned), Track (period Unassigned) · 536 yd
West CairnsKnife (period Unassigned) · 665 yd
Baad Park BurnEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
Linn JawWaterfall · 2.3 mi
Patterns in the heather, Mid HillMountain or hill · 2.6 mi
Sandstone outcrops, Mid HillMountain or hill · 2.6 mi
Murieston CastleCastle (medieval), Tower (16th Century) · 3.1 mi
Wether LawMountain / peak · 3.2 mi
CraigengarMountain / peak · 3.3 mi
Hermand Beech WoodForest · 3.7 mi
Hermand BirchwoodNature reserve · 3.8 miOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0