Crook
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Crook
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Crooks; 'ye Crookes'
Canmore ID 67313
Site Number NY29SE 19
NGR NY 296 921
NGR Description NY c. 296 921
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67313
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Westerkirk
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY29SE 19 c. 296 921.
In a map of c. 1590 a tower is shown to the east of the River Esk at 'Ye Crookes', and about 1794, the Rev. W Little refers to vestiges of a castle on Crooks Farm, Westerkirk, 'a great part of which was still standing within living memory'. (Crooks: NY 296 921)
OSA 1794 (W Little); BM Royal MS. 18 Diii, Burghley Atlas c.1590.
No tower was located at or around Crooks (NY29SE 102). No further information.
Visited by OS (DWR) 7 October 1973.
Field Visit (July 1980)
Crooks NY c.296 921 NY29SE 19
The Statistical Account notes that 'there are vestiges of a castle on the farm of Crooks, a great part of which was standing in the memory of many of the present inhabitants', but there are no longer any visible remains of the building. The tower of Crooks is shown on a map of 1 590.
RCAHMS 1980, visited July 1980
(Stat. Acct, xi, 1794, 515; Hyslop and Hyslop 1912, 320,359)
Note (1997)
NY 269 921 NY29SE 19
Listed as tower.
RCAHMS 1997.
