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Corehead
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Corehead
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) 'Ye Corheade'
Canmore ID 87072
Site Number NT01SE 52
NGR NT 072 124
NGR Description NT c. 072 124
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/87072
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Moffat
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Field Visit (4 January 1995)
NT01SE 52 c. 072 124
There are no visible remains of the tower of 'ye Corheade' which appears on a (1590) map of the West Marches of England and Scotland. It may have stood near Corehead steading (NT01SE 53).
Visited by RCAHMS (IF), 4 January 1995.
(J and R Hyslop 1912; J M Corrie 1916).
Listed as tower.
RCAHMS 1997.
