Kilwinning, Main Street, Detached Church Tower
Clock Tower (Period Unassigned), Tower (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Kilwinning, Main Street, Detached Church Tower
Classification Clock Tower (Period Unassigned), Tower (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Clock Tower, Rebuilt Abbey Tower
Canmore ID 206654
Site Number NS34SW 90
NGR NS 30277 43294
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/206654
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Kilwinning
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Ayrshire
Tower rebuilt between 1814 and 1816 to replace the medieval Abbey Tower destroyed by lightning in 1809.
Information from Edward Somerville, 2011
Photographic Survey (1955)
Photographs of buildings in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1955.
Watching Brief (June 2011)
Archaeological monitoring works were carried out in respect to the upgrade of lightning protection at the Abbey Tower in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire. The archaeological works were designed to mitigate the impact on the archaeological remains within their development area.The monitoring failed to identify any significant archaeological features during the groundbreaking works. The upper layers of the area immediately surrounding the Tower have been heavily disturbed by modern ground surfaces, twentieth century archaeological excavations and modern construction works in the area. The minimal nature of the works failed to reach below the levels of this disturbance, under which archaeological features relating to earlier phases of the Tower and the surrounding Abbey may still be present.
Archive: RCAHMS. Report: Historic Scotland and WoSAS
Funder: North Ayrshire Council
Rathmell Archaeology Ltd, 2011
Information from Oasis (rathmell1-103481) 17 November 2011
