Old Graitney
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Old Graitney
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) 'Auld Hoose'
Canmore ID 67450
Site Number NY36NW 32
NGR NY 312 663
NGR Description NY c. 312 663
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67450
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Gretna
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Field Visit (December 1980)
Old Graitney NY c. 312 663 NY36NW
The 'Auld Hoose', which was built by the Johnstones in 1535 and burnt by the Maxwells in 1585, is probably to be identified with the tower that is locally said to have stood some 180m S of Old Graitney farmhouse.
RCAHMS 1981, visited December 1980
(NSA, iv, Dumfries, 266; Macfarlane 1906-8, i, 381; McCulloch c. 1936, 1-2)
Note (1997)
NY 312 663 NY36NW 32
Listed as tower.
RCAHMS 1997.
