What is recorded here
Whitslaid Tower is a 16th century tower house in the Scottish Borders. Its exact point is already known, yet the tower still belongs to memory and distance. A person may stand nearby, watch the land turn, and imagine the rooms without claiming entry or inventing a name for the people who lived there.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Whitslaid Tower as 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.
Whitslaid Tower is a 16th-century tower house located in Scotland, built as a defensive residence during a period of frequent border conflicts. Its survival and architectural features make it an important example of early Scottish domestic architecture.
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