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Dru mlanrig's Tower, Hawick
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Drumlanrig's Tower consists of an altered and extended 16th-century L-plan tower house, once surrounded by a moat. It was a property of the Douglases of Drumlanrig, and the only building left unburnt after the torching of Hawick by the English in 1570. It was later occupied by Anna, Duchess of Buccleuch, wife of the executed Duke of Monmouth. From the 17th century, part of the basement was used as prison, this becoming the wine-cellar on its conversion to a coaching inn. The hotel was closed in 1970, and the tower was restored to house an exhibition, with 10 galleries covering 800 years of Border history.
Directions: Off A7, in Hawick, Borders.
Ownership: Pri/LA 01450 373457 Ord. Survey Map Ref: NT 502144 79
Open: daily March to October.
Key: P Nearby S £ Click Here for explanation of Key and other abreviations

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