Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Oakwood Tower

Oakwood Tower, a ruined baronial fortalice in Selkirk parish, Selkirkshire, on the right bank of Ettrick Water, 4½ miles SW of Selkirk town. It belonged in the 13th century to the famous wizard, Sir Michael Scott of Balwearie, in the 16th to Wat Scott of Harden; and Is now the property of Lord Polwarth.—Ord. Sur., sh.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a ruined baronial fortalice"   (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites")
Administrative units: Selkirk ScoP       Selkirkshire ScoCnty

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