Hopeton Tower
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Hopeton Tower
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Canmore ID 51439
Site Number NT24NW 9
NGR NT 2491 4674
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51439
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Eddleston
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT24NW 9 2491 4674.
(NT 2491 4674) Hopeton Tower (NR) (site of)
OS 6" map (1966)
Hopeton Tower (Site). There are no structural remains of this building. It is recorded that in 1621 the manor of "Hoptoun" was the principal messuage of the free tenandry of Hopton, then in the possession of Sir Archibald Murray of Blackbarony.
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1958
There is no trace of the tower.
Visited by OS (DWR) 22 April 1971
Sbc Note (21 March 2016)
Visibility: This was the site of an archaeological monument, which may no longer be visible.
Information from Scottish Borders Council