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Burnfoot
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Burnfoot
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) 'Archie Of Whitehaughe'
Canmore ID 67764
Site Number NY39NE 8
NGR NY 390 963
NGR Description NY c. 390 963
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67764
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Ewes
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Note (1981)
Burnfoot NY c. 390 963 NY39NE 8
The tower of 'Archie of Whithaughe', recorded on a map of 1590, is said to have stood at Burnfoot.
RCAHMS 1981.
(Hyslop and Hyslop 1912, 320, 361).
Note (1997)
NY 390 963 NY39NE 8
For modern steading of Burnfoot (NY 3908 9639), see NY39NE 22.
Listed as tower.
RCAHMS 1997.
