
What is recorded here
Corbet Tower stands in the Scottish Borders as a sixteenth-century fortified house, its stones built to withstand the dangers of that age. Whether it guarded trade routes, hid lovers from angry kin, or simply housed a proud family, the tower still points upward like a finger demanding notice. Its exact position is known, but its chambers remain closed to casual curiosity, preserving the mystery of the lives that echoed inside.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Corbet Tower as Fortified House (16th Century). 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.
Corbet Tower was built in the 16th century as a fortified house, likely by a local landholding family, and is remembered as an example of early defensive domestic architecture in Scotland.
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Photo: Walter Baxter · CC BY-SA 2.0