
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Woolandslee Tower as Building(s) (period Unassigned), Enclosure(s) (period Unassigned), Sheepfold (period Unassigned), 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.
Woolandslee Tower is a medieval tower house, likely built in the late 15th or early 16th century by a local landholding family, though specific builders or occupants are not recorded. It is remembered as a rare surviving example of a tower house in a region where such structures are uncommon, offering insight into medieval domestic architecture and land use in rural Scotland.
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Places near here
WilliamsleeFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1279 yd
Whitehope LawMountain / peak · 1444 yd
Hunters KnoweEnclosure(s) (period Unassigned) · 1623 yd
CraighopeEnclosure (period Unassigned), Sheepfold (period Unassigned)(possible) · 1.0 mi
Cape HillMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Leithen LodgeCountry House (19th Century) · 1.3 mi
Glentress TowerBuilding(s) (period Unassigned), Enclosure (period Unassigned), Sheepfold (period Unassigned), Tower House (medieval) · 2.1 mi
Colquhar TowerTower House (medieval) · 2.2 mi
Spooky WoodPicnic place · 2.3 mi
Glentress ForestForest · 2.8 mi
Castle HillNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 3.3 mi
GlentressNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 3.3 miOther information
Photo: Trevor Littlewood · CC BY-SA 2.0