Whitton, Roxburghshire
Whitton is a hamlet in the parish of Morebattle, Roxburghshire, located at the end of a dead-end road from Morebattle itself. A settlement at Waquirtun was recorded as early as the 7th century. In the Middle Ages the property belonged to the Riddells of that Ilk.
At Whitton are the remains of a tower dating from the 16th or 17th century, standing beside the Whitton Farm buildings. The original tower of Whitton was razed in 1523, (Letters and Papers, Henry VIII), and was apparently not rebuilt for some considerable time ,as no mention is made of it in a charter of 1602 to John Riddle.
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- Location map: 55°29’37"N, 2°22’60"W
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