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Tushielaw Tower is a sixteenth-century fortified tower house situated in Selkirkshire in the Scottish Borders. The structure dates from approximately 1550 and was built by the Scott family, prominent landowners in the region during the medieval and early modern periods. The tower exemplifies the defensive domestic architecture typical of border strongholds constructed during the era of cross-border raids and feuding that characterised the Anglo-Scottish frontier. The building survives as a substantial stone tower of four storeys, featuring the characteristic narrow windows and robust masonry construction associated with towers of its type and period.
Tushielaw Tower is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6451. View the official record →
Tushielaw Tower is a sixteenth-century fortified tower house situated in Selkirkshire in the Scottish Borders. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6451.
Tushielaw 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 SM6451.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Black Rig, linear earthwork N of Kingside Loch (5 km), St Mary of the Lowes, churchyard 1200m WSW of Kirkstead (8 km), Dryhope Tower,tower house and settlement (8.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Tushielaw 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.
Tushielaw Tower stands on Hawick Group, bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is wacke.