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Shieldgreen Tower is a sixteenth-century defensive structure located in Peeblesshire, in the Scottish Borders region. The tower forms part of the chain of fortified buildings that characterised the frontier landscape during the period of Anglo-Scottish tension in the early modern era. Built in stone, it represents the domestic and martial architecture typical of the region's landowning families who required both residential accommodation and defensive capability. The tower survives as a testament to the settlement patterns and security concerns of the borderlands during this formative period of Scottish history.
Shieldgreen Tower is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM8674. View the official record →
Shieldgreen Tower is a sixteenth-century defensive structure located in Peeblesshire, in the Scottish Borders region. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM8674.
Shieldgreen 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 SM8674.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Upper Newby,fort 320m SSE of (6.5 km), Upper Newby,fort 910m SSE of (7.1 km), Cademuir Hill,fort 1800m WSW of (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Shieldgreen 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.
Shieldgreen Tower stands on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.