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 NT115332, 3 km south-west of Drumelzier. Only a fragment of the north-east corner stair tower, around 9m high and 4m across, remains standing. A single jamb represents the north-west ground floor entrance to the tower and crowning the north-east wall is rough corbelling, which supports the remains of a parapet. The tower was probably built by the Tweedies of Drumelzier, who owned the surrounding lands since 1320. ()

Coordinates: 55°35'4"N, 3°24'20"W

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Wrae Tower – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Stobo Kirk, Dawyck Chapel, Stobo Castle, Dawyck Botanic Garden.

5 miNE
Church
Stobo Kirk
128 min walk • Stobo Kirk is an ancient church of the Church of Scotland. It is dedicated to St Mungo and is situated near the B712 off the A72 just 6 miles south-west of Peebles in the ancient county of Peeblesshire, now part of the Scottish Borders Council area.
3.5 miE
Church
Dawyck Chapel
88 min walk • Dawyck Chapel, also known as Dalwick Church, is located within the Parish of Drumelzier in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.
4.1 miNE
Forts and castles, Spa
Stobo Castle
106 min walk • Stobo Castle is located at Stobo in the Scottish Borders, in the former county of Peeblesshire. The Manor of Stobo was originally owned by the Balfour family. It became the family seat of the Graham-Montgomery Baronets from 1767.
3.6 miE
Landmark woodland garden and arboreta
Dawyck Botanic Garden, Peebles
92 min walk • Dawyck Botanic Garden is a botanic garden and arboretum covering 25 hectares at Stobo on the B712, 8 miles south of Peebles in the Scottish Borders region of Scotland, OS ref. NT168352. The garden is situated in the Upper Tweed Valley, a National Scenic Area.
4.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Culter Fell
118 min walk • Culter Fell is a hill in the Culter Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is the county top of the historic county of Lanarkshire, as well as the highest point in South Lanarkshire council area.
6.6 miNE
Church
Lyne Kirk
168 min walk • Lyne Kirk is an ancient and historic kirk or church, of the Church of Scotland. It is situated on top of a mound adjacent to the A72 trunk route 4.5 miles west of Peebles in the ancient county of Peeblesshire, now in the Scottish Borders area, and governed by the Scottish Borders Council.
5.1 miNW
55°37'27"N • 3°30'53"W
Biggar Puppet Theatre - Home of Purves Puppets, Biggar
130 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
3.5 miE
Garden
Dawyck House, Peebles
89 min walk • Dawyck House is a historic house at Dawyck, in the parish of Drumelzier in the former Peeblesshire, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. The alternative name is 'Dalwick House'. Canmore ID 49816.
5.3 miS
Forts and castles
Oliver Castle
135 min walk • Oliver Castle was a medieval tower house, located in the upper Tweed Valley in the Scottish Borders. The site of the hillfort known as Oliver Castle is to the north of the village of Tweedsmuir, although the site of the tower house is less certain.
2.6 miN
Museum, Art museum
Broughton Gallery
66 min walk • Broughton Place is a historic house in the village of Broughton, Scottish Borders. It was designed by Basil Spence in the style of a 17th-century Scottish Baronial tower house.