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Kirkhope Tower is a fortified tower with an associated barmkin, or defensive enclosure, located in Selkirkshire in the Scottish Borders. The tower and its surrounding defensive wall date to the medieval period and represent the defensive architecture characteristic of the Anglo-Scottish border region, where such structures served both as residences and as protection against raid and incursion. The barmkin wall, which encloses an area around the tower, is typical of the fortified homesteads constructed by border landholders during the later medieval period. The site reflects the militarised landscape of the Borders during centuries of cross-border conflict and territorial dispute.
Kirkhope Tower, barmkin and barmkin wall S of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1728. View the official record →
Kirkhope Tower is a fortified tower with an associated barmkin, or defensive enclosure, located in Selkirkshire in the Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1728.
Kirkhope Tower, barmkin and barmkin wall S of 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 SM1728.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Brockhill Burn,earthwork (1.7 km), Huntly Burn,enclosure (2.8 km), Huntly Burn,earthwork (3 km).
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