What is recorded here
Coaltown Tower stands in Midlothian as a medieval tower house, its stones unchanged since people first climbed it. The exact ground is known within ten metres, yet the chamber itself may still resist easy entry. Such places keep their distance, not from cruelty but from the desire to be remembered properly.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Coaltown 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.
Coaltown Tower is a medieval tower house located in Scotland, likely built during the late 15th or early 16th century by a local landholding family. 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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