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Staplegordon
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Staplegordon
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) 'Stapilgordoun'
Canmore ID 87064
Site Number NY38NW 58
NGR NY 34 88
NGR Description NY c. 34 88
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/87064
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Langholm
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Note (4 January 1996)
NY c. 34 88 NY38NW 58
For Staplegordon burgh (NY 352 878), see NY38NE 27.
The site of the tower that is noted at Staplegordon on a map of 1590 has not been located. Blaeu's Atlas notes 'Stapilgordoun' some distance to the W of the church NY38NE 2, possibly in the area around NY 34 88.
Information from RCAHMS (IF), 4 January 1996.
(J and R Hyslop 1912; J M Corrie 1916; J Stone 1991).
Listed as tower.
RCAHMS 1997.
