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Harelaw Tower

Tower House (medieval)

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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Harelaw Tower as 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.
Harelaw Tower is a 16th-century tower house built by the Hume family of Harelaw in East Lothian, Scotland. It is remembered as a well-preserved example of a Scottish Renaissance tower house and as the birthplace of John Home, the 18th-century Scottish poet and dramatist.

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