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Slack's Tower is a late medieval tower situated in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. The structure dates to the fifteenth or sixteenth century and represents the defensive architecture characteristic of the border region during a period of continued Anglo-Scottish conflict and internal instability. The tower would have served as a fortified residence or stronghold for a local family, typical of the numerous such structures built throughout the Borders during this era. As a scheduled ancient monument under Historic Environment Scotland, it remains an important archaeological record of medieval border settlement and military architecture.
Slack's Tower is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3770. View the official record →
Slack's Tower is a late medieval tower situated in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3770.
Slack's 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 SM3770.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Steel Knowe, medieval and later settlements and field systems (1.4 km), Martinlee Sike, enclosure bank, field system, cairns & old road (2.2 km), Martinlee Plantation, enclosure 140m N of (2.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Slack's 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.
Slack's Tower stands on Stratheden Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.