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Wallace's Tower is a late medieval tower structure located in Roxburghshire, Scotland. The tower dates to the fifteenth or sixteenth century and stands as a substantial stone-built fortification typical of the border region during this period. It is associated with the Wallace family, one of the significant landholding families of the Scottish Borders, and represents the domestic and defensive architecture characteristic of minor nobility and gentry in the region during the late medieval period. The structure survives as an important example of border tower architecture from an era when such fortified residences served both residential and protective functions against cross-border raiding.
Wallace's Tower is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13812. View the official record →
Wallace's Tower is a late medieval tower structure located in Roxburghshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13812.
Wallace'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 SM13812.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ringleyhall,fort (3.4 km), Roxburgh Castle (3.5 km), Old Roxburgh,deserted town between River Teviot & River Tweed (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Wallace'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.
Wallace's Tower stands on Stratheden Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.