What is recorded here

Riddell stands in the Scottish Borders as a medieval country house and tower house, its stones shaped by centuries of border life. The exact position is known, but the chambers may still resist easy entry, keeping their own time and their own rules. What is recorded is a building, not an invitation.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Riddell as Country House (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.

Riddell Castle, a medieval tower house in Scotland, was built by the Riddell family, a prominent Lowland Scottish clan, likely in the late 15th or early 16th century. It is remembered as a historic family seat and an example of early defensive domestic architecture in Scotland.

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