Kirtlehead
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Kirtlehead
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Canmore ID 86811
Site Number NY28SE 66
NGR NY 2694 8234
NGR Description NY c. 269 823
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/86811
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Middlebie
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Note (4 January 1996)
NY 269 823 NY28SE 66
A tower is depicted at Kirtlehead on a map of 1590 and in Blaeu's Atlas, but it cannot be located. It may have stood near Kirtlehead steading (NY28SE 67).
Information from RCAHMS (IF) 4 January 1996.
(J and R Hyslop 1912; J M Corrie 1916; J Stone 1991).
Listed as tower.
RCAHMS 1997.
