Scotland · Restored
Aikwood Tower
Aikwood Tower is a 16th-century Scottish tower house on the Ettrick Water, about 6 km southwest of Selkirk. Built in the early-to-mid 1500s, the stone tower rises four storeys plus an attic and was restored in the 1990s; it is used as a private residence and event venue.
Its prime
1540
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1540
What Aikwood Tower looked like in its prime.
A rectangular 16th-century stone tower rising four storeys with an additional attic, built of rough grey rubble with occasional red sandstone window surrounds. Small square and rectangular windows are set directly into thick plain walls; a steep slate roof carries paired tall stone chimneys and small gabled dormers at attic level. No encircling curtain wall is visible in the photo; the tower sits above a gravel forecourt, low drystone boundary walls and clipped hedges, backed by wooded slopes beside the Ettrick Water.
Its story
The story of Aikwood Tower.
Aikwood Tower — formerly Oakwood Tower — stands on the Ettrick Water four miles southwest of Selkirk. The property was granted to Robert Scott by King James V in 1517, and the tower was likely built soon afterwards, possibly as early as 1535; it rises four storeys and an attic and is Category A listed.
Lord Steel purchased the property from the Duke of Buccleuch in the late 1980s and restored the tower in the 1990s. It is now owned by his son Rory and his wife, who run it as a private holiday home and wedding venue.
Step inside
5 places to explore in 1540.
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Clans who held Aikwood Tower.
The families that held Aikwood Tower for a decade or more across its history — follow a name to its clan.
Granted to Robert Scott by King James V in 1517; the tower was built soon after.
