skip to main content
Menu
  • Blog
    • Art & design
    • Castles
    • Cycling
    • Edinburgh
    • Edinburgh Festival
    • Food & drink
    • General
    • History
    • Music
    • Sport
    • Walking
    • Whisky
    • Wildlife
  • Castles
    • Glossary
    • Mottes
    • Stay in a castle
    • Castle blog posts
    • Alphabetical list of castles
    • Castles divided by county
    • Photos of castles
    • Castles we've visited
  • History
    • Castles
    • Ancient history
      • barrows
      • brochs
      • cairns
      • caves
      • chambered cairns
      • cists
      • crannogs
      • cursus monuments
      • forts
      • henges
      • rock art
      • sacred sites
      • souterrains
      • standing stones
      • stone circles
    • Pictish history
      • Pictish stones
      • Pictish sites
      • Pictish placenames
    • Clans
      • Surnames
      • Trace your ancestors
      • Tartan
    • Trace your ancestors
  • Culture
    • Music
      • Bands & musicians
      • Music links
    • Film
    • Television
    • Placenames
      • Pictish placenames
  • Eat
  • Drink
    • Scottish beer
    • Scottish gin
    • Scottish vodka
  • Stay
  • Travel guide
    • City guides
    • Car hire
    • Airports
  • Walking
    • Munros
    • West Highland Way
  • Photos
  • Offers
  • Home
  • history
  • castles
Dryhope Tower

Dryhope Tower is a 16th century peel tower which belonged to the Scott family.

The tower stands on rising ground below Dryhope Rig on the west bank of the Dryhope Burn just north of its confluence with the Kirkstead Burn. Its position affords good views towards St Mary’s Loch to the west and to a lesser extent east along the Yarrow valley.

Dryhope was the birthplace and home of Marion or Mary Scott, known as the Flower of Yarrow, who married the notorious Border Reiver Walter Scott of Harden, also known as Auld Wat, in 1576.

The tower passed to the Harden branch of the family and was destroyed in 1592 by Scott of Goldielands following the involvement of the Scotts of Harden in a plot, led by Francis Stewart, 1st Earl of Bothwell, to capture James VI at Falkland Palace but had been rebuilt by 1613.

The tower seems to have been abandoned by the end of the 17th century and passed to the senior branch of the family, the Scotts of Buccleuch.

The tower was restored in 2005 with the aid of various grants and National Lottery funding, during the process of which trees and 20 tonnes of soil were removed from the roof. A metal spiral staircase was inserted into the space for the original staircase to give access to the roof.

stay in a castle
  • advertisement/

Alternative names for Dryhope Tower

Dryhoip; Dryupp

Clans associated with Dryhope Tower

Scott

Surnames associated with Dryhope Tower

Scott

Where is Dryhope Tower?

Dryhope Tower is in the parish of Yarrow and the county of Selkirkshire.

Grid reference: NT 26734 24727

Lat / long: 55.510788, -3.1616789

  • advertisement
Bing Maps | Google Maps | Historic maps (NLS) | OpenStreetMap | Ordnance Survey | PastMap | Streetmap | Wikimapia

OS Map for Dryhope Tower

OS map 337
Peebles & Innerleithen (Eddleston, Ettrickbridge, Traquair & Yarrow)
OS Explorer map 337


  • advertisement

Directions to Dryhope Tower

Enter a starting point

  • advertisement

Weather at Dryhope Tower

3°C
max 3°C / min 3°C
5km/h NNE
1031mb
85%
6%
04:00 20:17

Clear sky
Weather observed at Innerleithen at 02:35
  • advertisement

References (books)

The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland Volume 3
David MacGibbon
Edinburgh, 1889
The Castles of Scotland
Martin Coventry
Prestongrange, 2015
The Great Historic Families of Scotland (Volume II)
James Taylor
London, 1889

References (websites)

Scheduled Monument record
Canmore
Wikipedia

Castles near Dryhope Tower

Craig Douglas Castle (site of)

2.4km away

Altrieve (site of)

2.9km away

Blackhouse Tower

2.9km away

Eldinhope Tower

3.9km away

Cockburn's Castle

3.9km away

Cramalt Tower (site of)

7.1km away

Catslack Tower (site of)

7.4km away

Blackgranyrup (site of)

7.7km away

Manorhead Tower

7.8km away
more castles....
  • advertisement

Ancient sites near Dryhope Tower

Glebe Stone standing stone

9.0km away

Warrior's Rest standing stone and rock art

9.2km away

Peat Rig standing stone

9.6km away

Black Rig standing stone

12.7km away

Castle Knowe fort

13.0km away

Kirkton Manor standing stone

14.4km away

Cardrona Mains standing stone

14.5km away

Stobo Mill stone circle

15.3km away

Hearthstane standing stones

15.6km away
more ancient sites....

Pictish stones near Dryhope Tower

Borthwick Mains Class I symbol stone

20.0km away

Abernethy No. 2 Class III symbol stone

48.6km away

Abernethy No. 4 Class III cross shaft

48.6km away

Princes Street Gardens Class I symbol stone

48.9km away

Court Cave Class I rock carving

72.5km away

Doo Cave Class I rock carving

72.6km away

Jonathan's Cave Class I rock carving

72.9km away

Sliding Cave Class I rock carving

72.9km away

Hawkhill Class III cross-slab

77.2km away
more Pictish stones....
  • advertisement
  • Sixt Car Rental

Pictish sites near Dryhope Tower

Borland silver chain

29.7km away

Todholes (possible) silver chain

31.0km away

Whitlaw silver chain

32.7km away

Whitecleugh silver chain

45.7km away

Haddington silver chain

54.7km away

Traprain Law silver chain

59.3km away

Hoardweel silver chain

62.9km away

Norrie's Law hoard

83.8km away

Dunnicaer fort

171.5km away
more Pictish sites....
  • Sixt Car Rental
  • advertisement

Accommodation near Dryhope Tower

The Gordon Arms Hotel
hotelSelkirk
4.1km away
Tibbie Shiels Inn
hotel, bar, restaurant, campsiteSelkirk
5.0km away
Traquair House
bed and breakfastInnerleithen
12.5km away
Caddon View
hotelInnerleithen
13.8km away
Manor Water Cottage
self-catering cottagePeebles
14.7km away
Macdonald Cardrona Hotel, Golf & Spa
hotel, bar, restaurantCardrona
14.7km away
Cardrona Breaks
hotelCardrona Mains
14.8km away
Stobo Castle
hotel, restaurantStobo
15.2km away
Aikwood Tower
self-cateringSelkirk
15.3km away
Barns Tower
self-cateringKirkton Manor
15.3km away

Accommodation search

(leave blank to view all)
Accommodation type
bed and breakfasts
campsites
castles
holiday parks
hostels
hotels
self-catering apartments
self-catering cottages
self-catering lodges
spas
  • advertisement
more accommodation....

Cafés, restaurants & bars near Dryhope Tower

Tibbie Shiels Inn
hotel, bar, restaurant, campsiteSelkirk
5.0km away
No1 Peebles Road
caféInnerleithen
13.4km away
Saffron
restaurantInnerleithen
13.5km away
Kailzie Gardens Restaurant
café, restaurantKailzie
13.9km away
Dawyck Café
caféStobo
14.4km away
Macdonald Cardrona Hotel, Golf & Spa
hotel, bar, restaurantCardrona
14.7km away
Stobo Castle
hotel, restaurantStobo
15.2km away
County Inn
pubPeebles
15.7km away
Castle Venlaw Hotel
hotel, restaurant, barPeebles
16.6km away
Best Western Philipburn Country House Hotel
hotel, restaurant, barSelkirk
19.5km away
more food.... / more drink....

Related pages

Dirleton Castle in East Lothian
Dirleton Castle in East Lothian
Garden of Cosmic Speculation plus castles
Garden of Cosmic Speculation plus castles
Inveraray Castle and standing stone
Inveraray Castle and standing stone
A doocot, a castle and a beach in East Lothian
A doocot, a castle and a beach in East Lothian
A pair of castles on the River Tweed
A pair of castles on the River Tweed
Dunbar harbour and castle
Dunbar harbour and castle
Published on the 20th of November 2011 at 11:34 am. Updated on the 31st of May 2018 at 3:18 pm.

Leave a comment

back to the top of the page

Connect with us

Like us on Facebook

Receive our newsletter

Follow us on Twitter

Tweets by Stravaig_Aboot

Quick links

Stay in a Scottish castle
Edinburgh Festival accommodation
Hotels in Scotland
Car hire in Scotland
Places to eat and drink in Scotland
Castles in Scotland
Trace your Scottish ancestors
Scottish clans
Standing stones in Scotland
The Picts
Pictish symbol stones
Pictish placenames
Scottish bands and musicians
Scottish films
Scottish TV shows
West Highland Way

About

Andy Sweet above Fast Castle

Stravaiging around Scotland is written, photographed and researched by Andy Sweet.
read more....

Cookies

To make this site work properly we use cookies to store information on your computer. Click here to read more.

Affiliate links

This site includes affiliate links and adverts. If you click on these links we may receive a small commission at no cost to yourselves. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. This modest income goes towards funding the site.
© 2003 - 2025 Andy Sweet / Stravaiging around Scotland. Powered by WordPress. Hosted by Tsohost.