What is recorded here

Horsburgh Castle was a 16th-century tower for the Horsburgh family in the Scottish Borders, built with thick walls and a vaulted cellar before diminished fortunes passed it to another line. Three walls still rise near a working farm, while the east face has collapsed into the valley soil. The missing rooms and lost staircase suggest a busy household that came and went, leaving only the shape of its pride behind the fields.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Horsburgh Castle as Tower (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.

Horsburgh Castle was built in the 16th century by the Horsburgh family, a prominent Lowland Scottish clan. It is remembered as a fine example of a defensive tower house and as the ancestral seat of the Horsburghs, who played a role in the region's history.

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