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Dandy Baities' Tower
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Dandy Baities' Tower
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Westerkirk Mains
Canmore ID 67339
Site Number NY29SE 42
NGR NY 29 91
NGR Description NY c. 29 91
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67339
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Westerkirk
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Note (1980)
'Dandy Baities' Tower NY29SE
The site of 'Dandy Baities' tower, recorded on a map of 1590, cannot be identified. It lay on the E side of the River Esk between the towers of Shiel (NY29SE 24) and Crooks (NY29SE 19).
RCAHMS 1980
(Hyslop and Hyslop 1912, 320, 359)
Note (1997)
NY c. 29 91 NY29SE 42
Listed as tower.
RCAHMS 1997.
