Smailholm Tower

peel tower at Smailholm in the Scottish Borders
Place tower_house Q2696684
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Smailholm Tower

Summary

Smailholm Tower is a tower house[1]. It draws 65 Wikipedia views per month (tower_house category, ranking #16 of 122).[2]

Key Facts

  • Smailholm Tower is located in Scottish Borders[3].
  • Smailholm Tower is located in Smailholm[4].
  • Smailholm Tower is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Smailholm Tower's instance of is recorded as tower house[6].
  • Smailholm Tower's instance of is recorded as barmkin[7].
  • Smailholm Tower is owned by Historic Environment Scotland[8].
  • Smailholm Tower is operated by Historic Environment Scotland[9].
  • Smailholm Tower's postal code is recorded as TD5 7PG[10].
  • Smailholm Tower's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.604475, 'lon': -2.5761837}[11].
  • Smailholm Tower's official website is recorded as https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/smailholm-tower/[12].
  • Smailholm Tower's Commons gallery is recorded as Smailholm Tower[13].
  • Smailholm Tower's described by source is recorded as CastlesFortsBattles[14].
  • Smailholm Tower's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[15].
  • Smailholm Tower's associated electoral district is recorded as Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk[16].
  • Smailholm Tower's historic county is recorded as Roxburghshire[17].

Body

Geography

Smailholm Tower is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Scottish Borders[3], a council area[18], in United Kingdom[19], founded in 1975[20] and Smailholm[4], a civil parish[21], in United Kingdom[22].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include tower house[6] and barmkin[7]. Smailholm Tower's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[15].

History and Context

Smailholm Tower is owned by Historic Environment Scotland[8].

Why It Matters

Smailholm Tower draws 65 Wikipedia views per month (tower_house category, ranking #16 of 122).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . canmore.org.uk. canmore.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . canmore.org.uk. canmore.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . portal.historicenvironment.scot. portal.historicenvironment.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Libanp · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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