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Overton Tower is a late medieval tower house located in Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders. The structure dates to the fifteenth or sixteenth century and represents the fortified domestic architecture characteristic of the border regions during a period of considerable military instability. The tower would have served as both a defensive stronghold and a residence for a local landholding family, with its vertical stone construction designed to provide protection against raids and incursions common to the Anglo-Scottish border area.
Overton Tower is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6833. View the official record →
Overton Tower is a late medieval tower house located in Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6833.
Overton 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 SM6833.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wattie's Spindles, pele house and associated buildings (4.2 km), Chapel Knowe, farmstead 100m WSW of (4.2 km), Steel Knowe, medieval and later settlements and field systems (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Overton 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.
Overton Tower stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.