What is recorded here
Whitchesters is a medieval tower house in the Scottish Borders, built to watch the land and keep its people safe. Its stones still stand near the old road, marking a time when local power depended on height, thickness and visibility. The area around it feels exposed, as if the tower once answered every movement in the valleys below.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Whitchesters as Tower House (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Whitchesters Tower House was built in the medieval period, though specific builders and dates remain unrecorded. It is remembered as a historic structure noted in Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment.
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Places near here
WhitchestersFindspot (period Unassigned), Armlet(s) (period Unassigned), Flake(s) (period Unassigned), Lithic Implement(s) (period Unassigned), Microlith(s) (period Unassigned) · 1 yd
Nan Lyle MemorialMemorial · 255 yd
Whitchesters HillMountain / peak · 263 yd
FenwickSettlement (period Unassigned)(possible) · 648 yd
Branxholme CastleBarmkin (16th Century), Castle (16th Century) · 882 yd
Allanmouth TowerEarthwork (16th Century), Tower House (16th Century) · 1658 yd
Hawick, St Leonard's ParkRacecourse (19th Century) · 1.0 mi
Branxholm BridgeRoad Bridge (20th Century) · 1.2 mi
Lochburn PlantationForest · 1.4 mi
Borthaugh CovertWood · 1.7 mi
Vertish HillMountain / peak · 2.0 mi
Bill McLaren StoneMemorial · 2.2 mi