What is recorded here

Lanton Tower is a 16th-century tower house two miles northwest of Jedburgh, built with a vaulted basement, two gun-loops in the west wall, and a narrow rectangular body that may once have formed an L-plan. In 1513 the tower was sacked, and by 1627 Douglas of Cavers had acquired it after the Cranstons held it. A modern mansion is attached, the upper part has been altered, and the tower was restored in 1989.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Lanton Tower as Tower House (medieval). 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.

Lanton Tower is a medieval tower house located in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, and is believed to have been built in the 15th or 16th century, likely by a local landholding family. It is remembered as an example of the defensive and domestic architecture of the Scottish Borders during a period of frequent conflict with England.

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