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Riccarton Tower is a late medieval tower house located in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. The structure dates to the sixteenth century and represents the fortified domestic architecture typical of the Anglo-Scottish border region during a period of considerable military tension and raiding. The tower exhibits the characteristic features of border pele towers, designed to provide defensive refuge for its inhabitants and their livestock during times of conflict. As a scheduled ancient monument under Historic Environment Scotland, Riccarton Tower remains an important surviving example of vernacular military architecture from the early modern period in southern Scotland.
Riccarton Tower is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4007. View the official record →
Riccarton 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 SM4007.
Riccarton 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 SM4007.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Scooped settlement, 1025m NW of Roughley (3 km), Nine Stones, stone circle, Ninestone Rig (3 km), Buck Stone, standing stone 470m NNE of Hermitage Farm Cottage (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Riccarton 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.
Riccarton Tower stands on Inverclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Osagean. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.