What is recorded here

Whithaugh Tower stands in the Scottish Borders as a medieval tower house, its exact position marked to within ten metres on the national record. The stone structure likely served as a defensible home for a local family, forcing inhabitants to climb narrow stairs and watch through small openings while storms raged outside. Whether it housed proud owners or frightened refugees during border conflicts, the tower still embodies the vigilance and vulnerability of medieval Scottish life.

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

Whithaugh Tower is a medieval tower house located in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, and was likely built in the late 15th or early 16th century by a local landholding family, possibly the Scotts of Whithaugh. 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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