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	Travels in Scotland : Smailholm Tower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Smailholm Tower stands on a rock on three sides, with a ditch on the fourth side.
		The entrance of the tower, which lies on one of the cliffside faces of the tall tower, leads to a vaulted basement with a turnpike stair in one corner.
		The tower was the property of the Pringle family in 1408.
	www.frii.com /%7Ephouka/travel/towers/smailholm/smailholm.html (278 words)

	Smailholm Tower
		Smailholm Tower stands on a prominent ridge near the Roxburgh town of Kelso in the Scottish Borders.
		Smailholm was originally a Pringle stronghold and often attacked by English raiders, but later became the property of Robert Scott, Sir Walter’s grandfather, who also owned the adjacent farmhouse of Sandyknowe in 1774.
		The tower was a prominent landmark for ships approaching the town of Berwick, 25 miles away, and there is a recess on the top of the tower for the lookout’s lantern.
	www.scotcolour.com /castles/smailholmtower.htm (140 words)

	Smailholm Tower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Smailholm Tower belonged to the Scott family, and lay derelict at the end of the 18th century.
		Later, he persuaded his patron the Duke of Buccleuch to restore the tower.
		Today, the Tower houses an exhibit devoted to the ballads and legends of the Borders.
	www.maxwellplace.demon.co.uk /pandemonium/borders/smailholm.html (95 words)

	Smailholm Tower
		Smailholm Tower is an impressive structure famed in Border ballad and associated with Sir Walter Scott, who spent some of his childhood recuperating at Sandyknowe Farm in 1773.
		A sturdy rectangular tower, built of rubble with sandstone dressings, it perches on a rock outcrop.
		The tower, however, is virtually complete, apart from its roof slabs, though the supporting vault survives.
	www.highlandtraveller.com /sites/castles/smailholm.html (154 words)

	Smailholm Tower Sandyknowe St Boswells Roxburghshire Borders Scotland Scottish
		Smailholm Tower is a 15th century stone tower house of four storey and a garret, founded by the Pringle family.
		The plain rectangular tower, with the foundations of an outer hall, a chamber and a kitchen stand within a small barmkin, once entered through a stout gateway.
		The arched entrance into the tower house is well defended, with an outer door, an inner yett and an inverted-keyhole gun-loop directly above.
	www.castleuk.net /castle_lists_scotland/74/smailholmtower.htm (183 words)

	LMB Smailholm Tower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Smailholm was sold to the Scotts of Harden in 1645 but that family moved to Sandyknowe in 1700 and the tower became derelict.
		The tower is said to have been used as a landmark by ships going in to Berwick, 25 miles away.
		Inside the tower is a display of dolls, tapestries and paintings illustrating some of the Border ballads and Scott's association with the area.
	medievalbritain.cis.to /pipermail/lmb/2001-May/017757.html (370 words)

	PRINGLE
		It was this Robert Pringle who built the tower of Smailholm, a large square building, now entirely ruinous, and originally a border keep, situated among a cluster of rocks on an eminence in the farm of Sandy-knowe.
		The eldest son, David Pringle of Smailholm, was, after the forfeiture of the Douglases, as we learn from the Exchequer Rolls of 1456, appointed cursor or ranger of the ward of Tweed, an office, held also by his son and grandson.
		This John Pringle of Smailholm and Galashiels fought at Pinkie in 1547, and afterwards, with George Pringle of Torwoodlee and William Pringle of Wolfhousebyre, was surety to the English for 100 gold nobles, the ransom of Hugh Rose of Kilravock, taken in that battle.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /Members/tom.paterson/surnames/SNprin305.htm (2080 words)

	Smailholm Tower, Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This is a well preserved and well restored border tower house dating from the 15th century.
		Formerly the home of the Pringles of Smailholm and later that of the Scotts of Harden, it was well known to Sir Walter Scott who came to Sandyknowe regularly to visit his grandfather.
		The tower was surrounded by a barmkin wall, which enclosed the outhouses, chapel and kitchen.
	www.discovertheborders.co.uk /places/5.html (147 words)

	Smailholm Farm Holiday Cottages, Kelso Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Smailholm Mains is a family run farm in the centre of the Scottish Borders.
		Smailholm Tower and Sandyknowe Farm, where Sir Walter Scott spent his childhood are within walking distance, and Mellerstain House, Floors Castle and Scott's View are a few of the places which are only a short drive away.
		Smailholm Holiday Cottages are to be found on Smailholm Mains Farm, which is 5 miles north of Kelso on the B6397 Earlston-Kelso road.
	www.kelso.bordernet.co.uk /accommodation/smailholm-cottages.html (208 words)

	Supernatural Scotland
		Smailholm Tower, Not far outside the Border town of Kelso, was once the home of the Pringle family until about 1645 when it became the home of the Scotts of Harden, Like most Border keeps and towers it was regularly attacked by the English.
		Smailholm Tower passed into the care of the State in 1980 and in now cared for by Historic Scotland.
		Smailholm Tower is in the care of Historic Scotland.
	www.scotshistoric.bravehost.com /smailholm.htm (117 words)

	Smailholm Tower on AboutBritain.com
		Sited high on a rocky outcrop, Smailholm is a well preserved 15th century rectangular tower set within a stone barmkin wall.
		Inside the tower is a model of this Pringle residence and a charming collection of costume figures and tapestries relating to Sir Walter Scott's "Minstrelsy of the Scottish Borders".
		It was the sight of Smailholm which fired Walter Scott's imagination when, as a young boy, he was brought up by his grandparents at the nearby farm of Sandyknowe.
	www.aboutbritain.com /SmailholmTower.htm (404 words)

	Smailholm Tower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		What remains visible today is the plain tower itself, growing directly from the bare rock, part of the Barmkin, or defensive stone wall and the foundations of stone buildings inside the courtyard.
		The Smailholm estate was sold in 1645, due to insolvency after Sir James Pringle's death in 1635 and was bought by Sir William Scott of Harden, already related to the Pringles through marriage.
		Not only was it a place of freedom and clean air, but the ruined Tower of his ancestors, together with the Scottish Ballads and songs told to him by his Aunt Janet, engendered an affectionate interest in his country's literary past, leading eventually to his own phenomenal success as an author.
	www.heritage.me.uk /misc/smailholm.htm (692 words)

	GENUKI: Smailholm
		The farm of Sandyknowe, in the parish of Smailholm, was the property of the paternal grandfather of Sir Walter Scott, and the scene of many of the musings of his precocious boyhood.
		Both landowners and tenants had to pay this tax and are therefore recorded in the records which were kept at the time.
		A transcript of the hearth tax records for Smailholm parish (NAS reference E69/21/1) is included with the list of monumental inscriptions published by the Borders Family History Society.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/sct/ROX/Smailholm (471 words)

	Smailholm Tower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Smailholm Tower and estate belonged to the Pringle family from about 1450 until 1645.
		The family rose to power locally as tenants of the Earls of Douglas.
		The tower is one of the best preserved examples of the many castles and peel towers which dotted the Border landscape during the lawless period from the 1300s to the early 1600s.
	www.fife-education.org.uk /socsub/SocialSubjects/Scottish_History/Royalty/DidYouKnow/CastleFacts/ScotCastles/smailholm.htm (153 words)

	Pringles of Smailholm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The lands of Smailholm first appear on record in the early 12th Century when David Olifard, a godson of David I, was in possession.
		By 1645 the Scotts of Harden and Merton were owners of the estate; it was to Smailholm that Sir Walter Scott came as a young boy.
		In 1950 the tower was entrusted to the guardianship of the then Ministry of Works (now Secretary of State for Scotland) by the owner, the Earl of Ellesmere.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/cpringle/pringle2.html (402 words)

	Smailholm Tower, Scottish Borders UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Standing on the high point of a hill, between Kelso and St Boswells, Smailholm Tower is visible for miles around.
		It came into the hands of the nation and, in the 1980's was stabilised and partly restored.
		He described it as 'standing stark and upright like a warden', which is just what it was meant to do as one of the line of towers defending the Tweed Valley.
	www.smailholm.bordernet.co.uk /history/tower.html (221 words)

	Illustrated Guide to Places to Visit - Smailholm Tower
		Driving from Kelso to Newtown St Boswells, Smailholm Tower is clearly visible in the distance on top of a hill.
		Later, David Pringle of Smailholm and his four sons were all killed at the Battle of Flodden
		Being a Border stronghold, Smailholm was often attacked and damaged by the English invaders as they marched north.
	www.rampantscotland.com /visit/blvisitsmailholm.htm (353 words)

	Smailholm Tower Hotels. Hotels near Smailholm Tower - Accommodation UK
		All our discount Smailholm Tower hotels are specially selected with guaranteed low internet rates for all our England and UK hotels.
		From a cheap Smailholm Tower hotel, to 4 and 5 star Smailholm Tower hotels with special offers, you are sure to find the best Smailholm Tower hotel Accommodation for you.
		Take a Picture tour of Smailholm Tower, and please come back after your visit to submit your own.
	www.picturesofengland.com /Scotland/Borders/Kelso/Smailholm_Tower/hotels1 (330 words)

	Historic places to go - Borders
		A handsome tower house on an L plan, built in 1581 and still retaining its iron gate or yett.
		Smailholm village, 6miles north west of Kelso on B6937, 74 NT 638 346
		It was the sight of Smailholm which fired Walter Scott's imagination when, as a young boy, he was brough up by his grandparents at the nearb
	www.electricscotland.com /historic/borders.html (578 words)

	Tower Records Locations on Almondnet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Tower Records is a retail music chain based in West Sacramento, California.
		Tower was founded in 1960 by Russ Solomon in Sacramento, California.
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	www.sp303.co.uk /music/tower_records_locations.html (449 words)

	Overview of Smailholm Tower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Smailholm Tower is located near the village of Smailholm in the Scottish Borders and was built by the Pringle family in the 15th Century.
		The castle was subject to many raids by English invaders during the 1540's and by the 1640's the castle had passed into the Scott family hands, though by the early 18th century it had been abandoned in favour of Sandyknowe Farm.
		The tower is rectangular in design and was built with rubble and sandstone dressings.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/features/featurefirst6385.html (131 words)

	Worldisround - The Borders in Scotland - Part 2 - Photo - Smailholm Tower
		Sightseeing in Scotland picture - Before calling it quits for the day we stopped at Smailholm tower which stands on top of Sandyknowe Crag, above Sandyknowe farm, where Sir Walter Scott was a frequent visitor to his grandfather, Robert Scott.
		The stories of Smailholm (and many other Border locations) became the inspiration for many of his stories and ballads.
		Before calling it quits for the day we stopped at Smailholm tower which stands on top of Sandyknowe Crag, above Sandyknowe farm, where Sir Walter Scott was a frequent visitor to his grandfather, Robert Scott.
	www.worldisround.com /articles/31730/photo13.html (167 words)

	Pictures of Smailholm Tower, Kelso, Borders, Scotland. Smailholm Tower hotels, accommodation, Photographs, history, ...
		Smailholm Tower hotels, accommodation, Photographs, history, maps and attractions
		See below for other recommended nearby attractions and towns to visit near Smailholm Tower, hotels near Smailholm Tower, and Smailholm Tower visitor reviews.
		Show all websites about Smailholm Tower and submit your own.
	www.picturesofengland.com /Scotland/Borders/Kelso/Smailholm_Tower (377 words)

	Smailholm b and b (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Locating a b and b's in Smailholm with available rooms is not difficult as there are many to choose from and many can be booked online through the Internet.
		Most offer the choice of standard or ensuite rooms which are available in single, twin, double, family or triple rooms.
		No matter what your reason for visiting the area, you will be able to find a Smailholm b and b to suit your needs.
	www.bedsearcher.co.uk /town/b_and_b/smailholm_sb.shtm (146 words)

	Smailholm Tower Guide and Holiday Cottages
		-> Scotland -> Southern Scotland -> Scottish Borders -> Kelso -> Smailholm Tower
		In marked contrast to Mellerstain House is the craggy Smailholm Tower (April-Sept daily 9.30am-6.30pm; HS; £2), perched on a rocky outcrop a few miles to the south.
		A remote and evocative fastness recalling Reivers' raids and border skirmishes, the fifteenth-century tower was designed to withstand sudden attack.
	www.unique-cottages.com /guide/southern_scotland/borders/kelso/smailholm_tower (213 words)

	Hotels near Smailholm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Staying in one of the many hotels Smailholm will provide you with easy access to the whole area and a comfortable base for your short break or relaxing overnight stay.
		There are a range of attractions to visit whilst in the area and these establishments will provide you with the perfect base to explore Scottish Borders.
		Hotels in Smailholm vary in quality and size but offer various levels of accommodation depending on what you're looking for.
	www.bedsearcher.co.uk /hotels_near/smailholm_sb.shtm (142 words)

	Urquhart Castle
		tower house, but the views from the top
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	www.mythandlegends.com /newscotcasttower8.html (246 words)

	Ben Jordan 3: The Sorceress of Smailholm walkthrough
		Ben Jordan 3: The Sorceress of Smailholm walkthrough
		Constable McGee is a ‘witch’ … Ben must come up with a plan to bust her out of jail before they kill her.
		(3) If/when you’ve obtained the witch’s (partial) code-page, hidden in the tower, you are supplied with 11 letters (E; These ALONE make the job easy (even without the handbook).
	www.gameboomers.com /wtcheats/pcBb/benjordancase3.htm (1805 words)

	Hotels near Smailholm Tower - Smailholm Tower Accommodation UK
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	www.allukhotels.com /en/attractions/smailholm_tower-hotels.html (328 words)

	Worldisround - The Borders in Scotland - Part 2 - Photo - View From Smailholm Tower
		Worldisround - The Borders in Scotland - Part 2 - Photo - View From Smailholm Tower
		Sightseeing in Scotland picture - Set on a rocky ridge in moorland, the tower house has four storeys and there is a parapet on two of the sides which gives great views over the surrounding countryside.
		Scott persuaded his patron the Duke of Buccleuch to restore the tower.
	www.worldisround.com /articles/31730/photo7.html (261 words)

	Rampant Scotland Directory - The Borders Country
		The "Border Reivers" is the name given to the bands of castle rustlers and raiders - from both sides of the English/Scottish Borders.
		An official site for the Border town of Kelso, there are pages on its history (including Kelso Abbey), local events and recreation (including Kelso racecourse, rugby and the declaration of the "Kelso Laddie") and a map of the town.
		Port Logan in what used to be Wigtownshire (now Dumfries and Galloway) is a fishing village with a 200 year old tidal pond with small marine life centre in a natural cave.
	www.rampantscotland.com /borders.htm (2787 words)

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