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Staneyhill Tower is a late medieval fortified structure located in Linlithgowshire, West Lothian, Scotland. The tower dates to the fifteenth or sixteenth century and represents the type of defensive domestic architecture characteristic of the Scottish Borders and lowland regions during the late medieval period. Built as a pele tower or fortified stronghold, the structure would have served both residential and defensive functions for its occupants, typical of the troubled border country of that era. The tower survives as a significant example of late medieval Scottish military architecture, recording the defensive priorities and building practices of the period.
Staneyhill Tower is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1911. View the official record →
Staneyhill Tower is a late medieval fortified structure located in Linlithgowshire, West Lothian, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1911.
Staneyhill 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 SM1911.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Auldcathie Church (2.8 km), Faucheldean,shale bing,Winchburgh (4.4 km), Niddry Farm,enclosure SW of (4.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Staneyhill 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.
Staneyhill Tower stands on Strathclyde Group, bedrock that formed in the Visean. The rock here is sedimentary rock cycles, strathclyde group type.