What is recorded here

Blacklaw Tower stands as a ruined oblong tower house near Moffat, Dumfriesshire, where medieval enclosures and post-medieval kilns still mark the land. The Douglases of Fingland held the place, linking stone and fire to a lineage that stretched into song. Little remains visible, but the surviving outline suggests a working home where kiln heat, tower defence and domestic life shared one narrow footprint.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Blacklaw Tower as Building(s) (16th Century), Enclosure(s) (medieval), Kiln (post Medieval), Kiln Barn (post Medieval), Tower House (16th Century). 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.

Blacklaw Tower is a 16th-century tower house located in Scotland, built by an unknown local landholder, likely for defensive and residential purposes during a period of frequent border conflicts. It is remembered as a well-preserved example of a Scottish tower house and is listed in Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment.

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