What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Mersington 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.
Mersington Tower, a medieval tower house in Scotland, was likely built by a local landholding family during the late 15th or early 16th century. It is remembered as an example of the defensive and domestic architecture typical of the Scottish Borders during a period of frequent conflict.
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