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Lennox Tower

Scotland
HES SM6200
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Scotland
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Overview

History & significance

Lennox Tower is a tower house situated in Midlothian, Scotland, dating to the medieval period. The structure represents the domestic and defensive architecture characteristic of Scottish lowland fortifications, with its compact vertical design typical of towers erected from the fifteenth century onwards. As a tower house, it would have served both as a residence for a local family of means and as a statement of territorial control within the region. The monument survives as evidence of the architectural traditions and social hierarchies of medieval Lowland Scotland.

Lennox Tower is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6200. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Lennox Tower?

Lennox Tower is a tower house situated in Midlothian, Scotland, dating to the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6200.

Who is responsible for protecting Lennox Tower?

Lennox 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 SM6200.

What other scheduled monuments are near Lennox Tower?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bavelaw,steadings 60m NE of Redford Bridge (3.7 km), Howlet's House,towerhouse and enclosures (5 km), Castlelaw Range, ring ditch NW of (5.7 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.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bavelaw,steadings 60m NE of Redford Bridge
Steadings 60m ne of redford bridge3.7 km
Howlet's House,towerhouse and enclosures
Post-Medieval · Towerhouse and enclosures5 km
Castlelaw Range, ring ditch NW of
Ring ditch5.7 km
Carnethy Hill,cairn,Silverburn
Cairn,silverburn6 km
Castlelaw, fort and souterrain 205m NNW of
Iron Age · Fort and souterrain6.4 km
Lawhead Hill,fort 630m NNW of Lawhead
Iron Age · Fort 630m nnw of lawhead6.5 km
Rullion Green,stone circle
Bronze Age · Stone circle7.2 km
Camp Hill, fort 300m N of Braidwood Bridge
Iron Age · Fort 300m n of braidwood bridge7.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Lennox Tower

Lennox Tower stands on Inverclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Osagean. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Lennox Tower

Battle of Rullion Green, 1666Battle (1666) · ~3.8 milesBattle of Roslin 1303Battle (1303) · ~6.7 milesBattle of Inverkeithing IiBattle · ~9.3 milesBattle of InverkeithingBattle (1651) · ~11.5 miles
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