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The tower. Smailholm was a relatively small tower house, offering around 200 m 2 of floorspace, later extended by construction of a hall house and second kitchen within the barmkin, or courtyard. Smailholm Tower from the north-west. The rectangular tower is of four storeys, situated on top of a rocky outcrop.
- Scotland
- 12.1 m by 9.4 m
- Scottish Borders
- Smailholm
Read details of Smailholm Tower’s past, including its links to Sir Walter Scott, and find out what to see when you visit the laird’s residence. Stand in surroundings that inspired Sir Walter Scott, who learned the power of border ballads as a young infant living on the estate.
Smailholm Tower is a 15th-century tower house that was the ancestral home of the great Romantic novelist Sir Walter Scott. Learn about its history, see the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border exhibition and enjoy the views of the Scottish Borders and Northumberland.
Smailholm Tower is a 20m-tall tower house built by the Pringles, a prominent border family, in the 1400s. It was the residence of the Pringles and the Scotts of Harden, who leased it to Sir Walter Scott, the author of the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. Learn more about its history, architecture and significance.
From £4.50 per ticket. Sited high on a rocky outcrop, Smailholm is a small rectangular tower set within a stone barmkin wall. This 65 ft towerhouse was built by a well-known Scottish Borders family in the first half of the 15th century, and today you can enjoy stunning views of the surrounding countryside from Smailholm Tower’s battlements.
- Smailholm, Kelso, TD5 7PG, Roxburghshire
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Tel: 01573 460365 Web: www.historicenvironment.scot. Smailholm Tower (© Martin Coventry) In a lonely and windswept spot, Smailholm Tower is a plain but well-preserved 15th-century tower house, rectangular in plan, of four storeys and a garret. It has a parapet on the two longer sides. The tower is roofed with stone slabs, supported by a ...
Smailholm Tower. As the crow flies, Smailholm Tower lies almost exactly mid way between Melrose and Kelso. Access is either from the village of Smailholm, whose fine Norman church is worth a visit, or from the B6404, four miles north-east of St Boswells. A minor road leads you through the farmstead of Sandyknowe and along a track past an old ...
