What is recorded here

Cavers House stands as an 18th-century country house and 16th-century tower house in the Scottish Borders, serving as the ancient seat of the Douglas of Cavers family. The estate resisted sale through entail law until Mary Douglas Malcolm Palmer Douglas fought a legal battle in 1880 to break that chain, likely securing freedom for her new son. Roman camps and prehistoric hill-forts scatter the surrounding land, proving humans have shaped this strange, sturdy ground long before the first stone tower rose.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cavers House as Country House (18th Century), 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.

The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.