Pringle of Muirhouse

Muirhouse tower, just east of Stow. Muirhouse Tower stood on high ground about a mile and a half from Stow on the right of the road between that place and Lauder. The site, in the corner of a field, is marked by a few trees. In 1489 a lease of the lands of Muirhouse is granted by the Archbishop of St Andrews to William Hoppringill.

From ‘Records of the Pringles of the Scottish Border’ by Alex Pringle. Published in 1933. Page 74.

Archaeology Notes
(NT 4730 4516) Muirhouse Castle (NR) (site of)
OS 6" map (1971)

The remains of Muirhouse Castle, a square tower, were removed by Mr Blackie, of Muirhouse, who ploughed up the land about 1832. No traces of the tower remain, but a red freestone, apparently from its entrance, is built into the garden of the present farmhouse. It is inscribed 'I P M P In Te Domine Speravi 1626'.