Bush
Tower House (Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Bush
Classification Tower House (Medieval)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) 'Runion Of Ye Buss'
Canmore ID 67789
Site Number NY39SE 18
NGR NY 375 923
NGR Description NY c. 375 923
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67789
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Ewes
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Bush farmhouse and outbuildings (NY39SE 64) appear of entirely 18th/19th century construction, and there is no apparent local tradition of a tower near here. Dr M Robson of Wilton Lodge Museum has no information on the name, and he doubts the existence of a stronghouse at this locality.
Visited by OS (JRL) 24 September 1979.
Note (1981)
Bush NY c. 375 923 NY39SE 18
The tower of 'Runion of ye buss', recorded on a map of 1590, may have stood in the area of the modern farm of Bush.
RCAHMS 1981.
(Hyslop and Hyslop 1912, 320, 361).
Note (1997)
NY 375 923 NY39SE 18
Listed as tower.
RCAHMS 1997.
Project (21 March 2018 - 11 April 2018)
Mott MacDonald were commissioned over the course of the21st March and 10-11th April 2018 to complete and archaeological desk-based assessment in advance of a Woodland Creation Scheme at Ewes Farm to the north of Langholm in Dumfries and Galloway.
The Desk based assessment and walkover survey was designed to create an historic environment baseline for the site, identifying potential archaeological features which may be impacted by the proposed planting.
information from Ross Cameron, Mott Macdonald, 10th February 2020.
OASIS ID: mottmacd2-412440
