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Glendivan
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Glendivan
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Glendovin; 'tho. Of Ye Gingles'; 'glendouin'
Canmore ID 67786
Site Number NY39SE 15
NGR NY 374 907
NGR Description NY c. 374 907
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67786
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Ewes
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY39SE 15 c. 374 907.
Thomas Chingles. or Jingles, Tower stood near Glendivan (NY 372 908) in 1590.
J and R Hyslop 1912
There is no evidence or tradition of a tower near Glendivan (NY39SE 64), which is a farmhouse of entirely 19th century construction. Dr M Robson of Wilton Lodge Museum doubts the existence of a stronghouse in this locality, and suggests the name relates to Liddesdale and not the Ewes Valley.
Visited by OS (JRL) 3 October 1979
Note (1981)
Glendivan NY c. 374 907 NY39SE 15
There are no visible remains of the tower of 'Tho: of ye Gingles' recorded on a map of 1590. The tower is probably that depicted as 'Glendouin' in Blaeu's Atlas of 1654 and may have stood about 300m ESE of the modern farmhouse of Glendivan, where an estate plan of 1718 places two farmhouses of Glendivan on opposite sides of the Glendivan Burn (a single cottage now stands on the S side of the burn).
RCAHMS 1981.
(Blaeu 1654b; SRO, RHP 9629; Hyslop and Hyslop 1912, 320, 359).
Note (1997)
NY 374 907 NY39SE 15
Listed as tower.
RCAHMS 1997.
