
What is recorded here
Langhaugh is a medieval tower house in the Scottish Borders. It still stands as a sharp stone marker of local history. Whether people still live near it or only remember it is not clear.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Langhaugh 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.
Langhaugh Tower House was built in the medieval period, likely by a local landholding family in what is now southern Scotland. It is remembered as a surviving example of a defensive tower house, reflecting the regional architecture and social structure of the late medieval era.
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Photo: M J Richardson · CC BY-SA 2.0