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Whitslaid Tower

Tower House (medieval)

What is recorded here

Whitslaid Tower stands in the Scottish Borders as a medieval tower house, its stones marked by age rather than display. It may have served as a defensive home for a local family, watching the land and waiting out storms. The exact rooms and residents have faded, but the structure remains clear enough to imagine life inside: heat from a hearth, shadow beneath a stair, and the quiet patience of stone against time.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Whitslaid 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.
Whitslaid Tower is a medieval tower house located in Scotland, likely built during the late 15th or early 16th century by a local landholding family, though specific builders or occupants are not recorded. It is remembered as an example of the defensive and domestic architecture typical of the Scottish Borders during the medieval period.

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