What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Kinnelhead Tower as Cross Incised Stone(s) (medieval), Fortified 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.
Kinnelhead Tower was a medieval fortified house, likely built in the 15th or 16th century by a local landholding family in the Scottish Borders region. It is remembered as an example of the defensive architecture used by lowland Scottish families during a period of frequent border conflicts.
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