Description:

In the early 1500s, Johnnie Armstrong, the notorious ‘border reiver,’ was granted a small plot of land by Lord Maxwell in exchange for his gang’s protection against the English. Using stone quarried from the land, Johnnie and his men built a striking tower house that served both as a defensive pele tower and his home until his death in 1530. King James V of Scotland saw the ‘reivers’ as a threat to his authority and marched to the Borderlands with an army to confront them. When they met at Carlenrig, Armstrong was heavily outnumbered, surrendered to the king and was hanged on the spot.

In the tower you will find the Clan Armstrong Centre.