Crossdykes
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Crossdykes
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) 'Ye Cross Dykerigge'
Canmore ID 86810
Site Number NY28NW 53
NGR NY 242 875
NGR Description NY c. 242 875
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/86810
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Hutton And Corrie
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Note (4 January 1996)
NY 242 875 NY28NW 53
There are no visible remains of the tower of 'ye Cross dykerigge' that is noted on a map of 1590 when it stood towards the head of the Water of Milk. It may have stood near the modern farmsteading of Crossdykes (NY28NW 54).
Information from RCAHMS (IF), 4 January 1996.
(J and R Hyslop 1912; J M Corrie 1916).
Listed as tower.
RCAHMS 1997.
