What is recorded here
Milsington is a possible medieval bastle or tower house in the Scottish Borders, recorded with a precise point but no public entry guarantee. The name suggests a tall, narrow home built to watch the land and keep its people alive through border violence. It may have stood with thin walls, small windows and a chamber high enough to see danger before it arrived.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Milsington as Bastle (medieval)(possible), Tower House (medieval)(possible). 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.
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