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Kirkstile
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Kirkstile
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) 'Eckgingles'; Chingles; Kirkton; Kirktoun; Echizingles Tower; Kirkstile, Ewes
Canmore ID 67787
Site Number NY39SE 16
NGR NY 368 907
NGR Description NY c. 368 907
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67787
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Ewes
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY39SE 16 c. 368 907.
Echizingles, or Chingles, Tower (belonging to the Armstrongs) stood near the old church of Kirkton (NY 369 908) in 1590.
J and R Hyslop 1912
There is no indication or surviving tradition of a tower in this vicinity. Dr M Robson of Wilton Lodge Museum has no information about this name.
Visited by OS (JRL) 3 October 1979
Note (1981)
Kirkstile NY c. 368 907 NY39SE 16
There are no visible remains of the tower of 'Eckigingles', recorded on a map of 1590. The tower is probably that depicted on the S side of the Kirkton Burn as 'Kirktoun' in Blaeu's Atlas of 1654.
RCAHMS 1981
(Blaeu 1654b; Hyslop and Hyslop 1912, 320, 359)
Note (1997)
NY 368 907 NY39SE 16
Listed as tower.
RCAHMS 1997.
