What is recorded here
Flight Tower stands in the Scottish Borders as a medieval tower house, its stones still holding the shape of hands that built it to watch, hide or resist. Whether it guarded a road, a family or a secret, the borderland gave it no quiet purpose. A room without doors in the mind becomes a chamber for memory, and the tower still refuses to forget.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Flight 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.
Flight Tower is a medieval tower house located in Scotland, though the specific builder and date of construction are not recorded. It is remembered as an example of a defensive or noble residence typical of the late medieval period in the Scottish borders or similar regions.
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