What is recorded here
Chesterhouse Tower is shown as a castle on the public map of Scottish Borders. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
Chesterhouse Tower was built in the late 15th or early 16th century by the Hume family, a prominent Borders clan. It is remembered as a defensive tower house reflecting the turbulent history of the Scottish Borders during the period of frequent Anglo-Scottish conflict.
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