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'Priore Johns'

Tower House (Medieval)

Site Name 'Priore Johns'

Classification Tower House (Medieval)

Canmore ID 87063

Site Number NY37NE 50

NGR NY 3 7

NGR Description Unlocated

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

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Note (4 January 1996)

Unlocated NY37NE 50

The site of 'priore Johns' tower has not been located. A map of 1590, which plots the towers and stone houses of the West Marches of Scotland and England, places it on the W bank of the River Esk and to the S of Hollows Tower (NY37NE 3).

Information from RCAHMS (IF), 4 January 1996.

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

Listed as tower.

RCAHMS 1997.

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