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'Nucke'
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name 'Nucke'
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) 'Wally Bell Of Ye Nuke'; Castleton
Canmore ID 86725
Site Number NY27NW 77
NGR NY 23 75
NGR Description NY c. 23 75
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/86725
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Middlebie
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Note (1997)
NY27NW 77 c. 23 75
The site of a tower belonging to 'Wally Bell of ye Nuke' is depicted on a map of 1590 but cannot be located. It is depicted in Blaeu's Atlas as 'Nucke' and may be placed on the E side of the Mein Water, to the E of Castlebank steading (NY 204 747).
Information from RCAHMS (IF), 4 January 1996.
(J and R Hyslop 1912; J M Corrie 1916; J Stone 1991).
Listed as tower.
RCAHMS 1997.
