Smailholm Tower, Smailholm. Scotland.

Smailholm Tower in the Scottish border’s commands an excellent view over the surrounding countryside as it stands proud on the rocky crag of “Lady Hill” and it’s easy to see why this site was chosen for the construction of a defensive tower house. For five hundred years, the border between England and Scotland was witness to repeated wars both large and small, and even in nominally peaceful times, cross border banditry was the norm rather than the exception.

 

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