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Kilnsike Tower is a late medieval tower house located in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. The structure dates to the sixteenth century and represents the defensive architecture characteristic of the Anglo-Scottish border region during a period of considerable friction between the two kingdoms. The tower would have served both as a fortified dwelling and as a statement of territorial authority for its occupants. Like other border towers of its period, it exemplifies the practical military architecture necessitated by the lawlessness and raiding that plagued the Border marches during the early modern period.
Kilnsike Tower is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3765. View the official record →
Kilnsike Tower is a late medieval tower house located in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3765.
Kilnsike 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 SM3765.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Steel Knowe, medieval and later settlements and field systems (4.6 km), Chapel Knowe, farmstead 100m WSW of (5.4 km), Martinlee Plantation, enclosure 140m N of (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Kilnsike Tower's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Kilnsike Tower stands on Stratheden Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.