What is recorded here
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.
- Official record
- 67861
- Location
- inside public local-area border
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