Colquhar Tower
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Colquhar Tower
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Canmore ID 53234
Site Number NT34SW 5
NGR NT 3325 4160
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/53234
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Innerleithen
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT34SW 5.00 3325 4160.
NT34SW 5.01 3326 4155 Farmstead
(NT 3325 4160) Tower (NR) (remains of)
OS 6" map (1964)
The fragmentary remains of Colquhar Tower stand at the junction of the Leithen Water and the Hope Burn. The building, of 16th century date, is of rubble masonry, and appears to have measured 42' bx 27' over walls varying in thickness from 4'3" to 5'9". Apart from the N wall, which rises to a height of about 7' above first floor level, the structure is mostly reduced to its lowest courses, and the interior is choked with debris and fallen masonry. The ground floor was vaulted from N-S, and part of the haunch of the vault is still visible on the inner face of the N wall. The N wall also contains the shaft of a garderobe which has evidently served an apartment on one of the upper floors.
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1962
The remains of the tower are as described.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 23 February 1961 and (JP) 30 August 1974
Sbc Note
Visibility: Upstanding building, which may not be intact.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
