Copshaw Tower
Tower (Medieval)
Site Name Copshaw Tower
Classification Tower (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Park Tower
Canmore ID 67878
Site Number NY48NE 9
NGR NY 4799 8757
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67878
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Castleton
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NY48NE 9 4799 8757.
(NY 4799 8757) Park Tower (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map (1957)
Copshaw Tower (formerly on the farm of Park) stood on the right bank of the river, exactly opposite Whithaugh (NY48NE 12), at the corner of the plantation where the Langholm road turns N. Ruinous in 1793, it was a property of the Elliots. It is shown by a tower symbol on a map of 1590. No traces of it now remain apart from the remains of old peel-dykes and enclosures on what is now Newcastleton common. Jeffrey notes an arrow-slit from this tower, built into a garden wall in the village while the RCAHMS describe three other stones inserted into buildings in the village "probably from Copshaw Tower"; one is dated 1686.
A Jeffrey 1864; RCAHMS 1956, visited 1946
There is no trace of this tower site in the area indicated and Dr Robson (Hawick Museum) has no documentary evidence to support the OS site; however, he suggests that there probably was a tower in the general locality. The various stones were not located.
Visited by OS (TRG) 2 July 1979
Field Visit (March 1996)
There is no visible evidence of a tower at this site.
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) March 1996
Sbc Note (21 March 2016)
Visibility: This was the site of an archaeological monument, which may no longer be visible.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
