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Blacket House Tower is a sixteenth-century fortified tower house located in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The structure represents the characteristic defensive domestic architecture of the Scottish Borders during the late medieval period, when such towers provided protection for landholding families against raids and incursions. The tower exhibits the typical features of Border tower houses, including substantial stone construction designed to withstand attack. As a designated ancient monument, Blacket House Tower survives as evidence of the architectural and social organisation of the Borders in the post-medieval era.
Blacket House Tower is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10431. View the official record →
Blacket House Tower is a sixteenth-century fortified tower house located in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM10431.
Blacket House Tower is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM10431.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Calvertsholm Cottages, cairn 315m WNW of (6.4 km), Calvertsholm, settlement 110m N of (6.6 km), Woodhead,enclosure 200m NE of (7 km).
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