What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Manorhead 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.
Manorhead Tower is a medieval tower house located in Scotland, likely built during the late 15th or early 16th century by a local landholding family, though specific builders or occupants are not well documented. It is remembered as an example of the defensive and residential architecture typical of the Scottish Borders during the medieval period.
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