Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Littledean Tower

Littledean Tower, a ruined baronial fortalice in Maxton parish, Roxburghshire, on the right bank of the river Tweed, 1½ mile NE of Maxton village. Down to the first half of last century it was the seat of a branch of the Kers, and it now belongs to Lord Polwarth.—Ord. Sur., sh. 25, 1865.


(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: Maxton ScoP       Roxburghshire ScoCnty

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