What is recorded here
Watch Water Reservoir is a post-medieval farmstead and medieval tower house in the Scottish Borders. It is a place where human life is recorded but not explained. The names and dates are missing, so the chamber holds a shape rather than a story. What is known is that the place exists and that it is not complete.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Watch Water Reservoir as Farmstead (post Medieval), 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.
Watch Water Reservoir is associated with a medieval tower house, likely built by a local landholding family in the late 15th or early 16th century. It is remembered as part of Scotland's historic defensive and rural architectural heritage.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
ScarlawWhinstone Quarry(s) (19th Century) · 287 yd
Windy LawSheepfold (post Medieval) · 677 yd
Watch WaterRig and Furrow (medieval) - (18th Century) · 939 yd
Whinrig HillRig and Furrow (medieval) - (18th Century) · 1138 yd
Black HillMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
LongformacusTower House (medieval) · 1.7 mi
Manse WoodForest · 1.7 mi
Dirrington WoodForest · 2.1 mi
Evelaw TowerTower House (16th Century) · 2.6 mi
Flass HillMountain / peak · 3.7 mi
Southern Upland Way (Section C - Lauder to Cockburnspath)Walking route · 4.1 mi
Westruther, Edgar RoadNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 4.4 miOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0