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Calvertsholm

Tower House (Medieval)

Site Name Calvertsholm

Classification Tower House (Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) 'Ye Cawardsholm'

Canmore ID 86791

Site Number NY26NE 36

NGR NY 281 689

NGR Description NY c. 281 689

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Kirkpatrick-fleming
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Annandale And Eskdale
  • Former County Dumfries-shire

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Note (4 January 1996)

NY c. 281 689 NY26NE 36

There are no visible remains of 'ye Cawardsholm' which appears among towers and stone houses of the West March of England and Scotland depicted on a map of 1590. It may have stood near Calvertsholm steading (NY26NE 38).

Information from RCAHMS (IF), 4 January 1996.

(J and R Hyslop 1912; J M Corrie 1916; J Stone 1991).

Listed as tower.

RCAHMS 1997.

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