Wrae Tower
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Wrae Tower is a ruined 16th century stone tower house
, located in the upper Tweed Valley
in the Scottish Borders
area of Scotland
, and similarly south of the village of Broughton. The ruin is at grid reference , 3km south-west of Drumelzier
. Only a fragment of the north-east corner stair tower, around 9m high and 4m across, remains standing. The tower was probably built by the Tweedies of Drumelzier, who owned the surrounding lands since 1320.
Tower house
A tower house is a particular type of stone structure, built for defensive purposes as well as habitation.-History:Tower houses began to appear in the Middle Ages, especially in mountain or limited access areas, in order to command and defend strategic points with reduced forces...
, located in the upper Tweed Valley
River Tweed
The River Tweed, or Tweed Water, is long and flows primarily through the Borders region of Great Britain. It rises on Tweedsmuir at Tweed's Well near where the Clyde, draining northwest, and the Annan draining south also rise. "Annan, Tweed and Clyde rise oot the ae hillside" as the Border saying...
in the Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders is one of 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the non-metropolitan counties of Northumberland...
area of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, and similarly south of the village of Broughton. The ruin is at grid reference , 3km south-west of Drumelzier
Drumelzier
Drumelzier , is a village on the B712 in the Tweed Valley in the Scottish Borders.The area of the village is extensive and includes the settlements of Wrae, Stanhope, Mossfennan and Kingledoors. To the north is Broughton and to the south the road passes Crook Inn to Tweedsmuir.The Drumelzier or...
. Only a fragment of the north-east corner stair tower, around 9m high and 4m across, remains standing. The tower was probably built by the Tweedies of Drumelzier, who owned the surrounding lands since 1320.