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Langshaw Tower and associated structures

Scotland
HES SM6829
Nation
Scotland
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Overview

History & significance

Langshaw Tower is a late medieval fortified structure located in Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders. The tower forms part of a defensive settlement pattern characteristic of the Anglo-Scottish border region during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, when fortified dwellings provided necessary protection during periods of cross-border raid and conflict. The associated structures visible at the site reflect the domestic and agricultural functions of a border settlement, with evidence of occupation spanning the late medieval period. The monument represents an important example of the architectural response to the security concerns that dominated settlement practices in the frontier zone between England and Scotland.

Langshaw Tower and associated structures is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6829. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Langshaw Tower and associated structures?

Langshaw Tower is a late medieval fortified structure located in Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6829.

Who is responsible for protecting Langshaw Tower and associated structures?

Langshaw Tower and associated structures 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 SM6829.

What other scheduled monuments are near Langshaw Tower and associated structures?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rink Hill,fort 700m NE of (7.4 km), Huntly Burn,earthworks (7.5 km), Eildon Hill North,fort & Roman signal station (7.9 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Stat Accounts
The parish Statistical Accounts of the 1790s and 1830s, describing life, work and population here.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Rink Hill,fort 700m NE of
Iron Age · Fort7.4 km
Huntly Burn,earthworks
Earthworks7.5 km
Eildon Hill North,fort & Roman signal station
Iron Age · Fort & roman signal station7.9 km
Rink Hill,fort
Iron Age · Fort7.9 km
Newstead Roman military complex, 660m WSW of Broomhill Farm
660m wsw of broomhill farm8 km
Cauldshiels Hill,fort
Iron Age · Fort8.1 km
Sunderland Hill,earthwork
Earthwork9.1 km
Lindean,earthwork
Earthwork9.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Langshaw Tower and associated structures

Langshaw Tower and associated structures stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.

The wider landscape

Around Langshaw Tower and associated structures

Battle of DarnickBattle · ~3.3 milesBattle of Melrose (also known as Battle of Darnick), 1526Battle (1526) · ~3.9 milesBattle of PhiliphaughBattle (1645) · ~8.5 milesBattle of Ancrum MoorBattle (1545) · ~10.9 miles
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