What is recorded here

Dastenrigg Tower stands as a medieval tower house in the Scottish Borders, its stone bones still catching wind on the upland. Whether it guarded a valley, stored grain or hid a family from raiders, the answer has faded. What remains is a sharp outline against the sky, waiting for someone to remember why it was built.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dastenrigg 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.

Dastenrigg Tower, a medieval tower house in Scotland, was likely built in 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 a period of frequent conflict.

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