What is recorded here

Lanton Tower is a 16th-century tower house in the Scottish Borders, built for defence and lived in for centuries. English soldiers sacked it in 1513, and later the Cranstons and Douglas of Cavers owned it. Its narrow room, two gun-loops and vaulted basement suggest a small household that watched the road and waited out danger. A modern mansion now touches the old stone, but the tower still keeps its sharp border shape.

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

Lanton Tower House in Scotland is believed to have been built in the late medieval period, likely by a local landholding family, though specific builders or dates are not recorded. Its importance lies in its representation of medieval domestic architecture and its contribution to understanding regional land use and social structures in historic Scotland.

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