Wallace’s Tower

Wallace's Tower is a ruined 16th-century L-plan tower house, about 3 miles south west Kelso, Scottish Borders, Scotland, in Roxburgh, west of the River Teviot.

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Archaeological site
Description: 16th-century L-plan tower house south west of Kelso, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Roxburgh Tower”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Roxburgh Viaduct and Springwood House.

Roxburgh Viaduct

Bridge

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Roxburgh Viaduct is a bridge, which is situated 650 feet east of Wallace’s Tower.

Springwood House

Archaeological site

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Springwood House is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 miles northeast of Wallace’s Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Roxburgh and Kalemouth.

Roxburgh is a village off the A699, by the River Teviot, near Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It should not be confused with the historic royal burgh of Roxburgh, the site of which lies about 2 miles northeast of the present village.

Kalemouth

Locality

Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kalemouth is a place in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, where the Kale Water joins the River Teviot, near to Eckford, Cessford, Crailing, Kelso, and Roxburgh. Kalemouth is situated 2 miles south of Wallace’s Tower.

Kelso

Photo: Meho29, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kelso is a small market town in the Borders region of southern Scotland, with a population of 6900 in 2020. Its name probably derives from Calk Heugh - the "chalk outcrop" which its two rivers cut through.

Wallace’s Tower

Categories: tower house, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.56705° or 55° 34′ 1″ north

Longitude

-2.47701° or 2° 28′ 37″ west

Open location code

9C7VHG8F+R5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 142120632

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q107734471

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