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Buckholm Tower is a late medieval fortified tower house located in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. The tower dates to the sixteenth century and represents the defensive domestic architecture characteristic of the Anglo-Scottish border region during a period of considerable instability and raiding. The structure exemplifies the tower house type common to the area, built to provide protection for its inhabitants and their chattels against both organised military action and opportunistic cattle theft. The tower stands as a material record of the security concerns that dominated life on the borders during the early modern period.
Buckholm Tower is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM8715. View the official record →
Buckholm Tower is a late medieval fortified tower house located in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM8715.
Buckholm 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 SM8715.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sunderland Hall,cairn 1500m W of (6.3 km), Lindean,earthwork (7 km), Cauldshiels Hill,fort (7.1 km).
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