Blacklaw Tower. View of structural remains of tower.
SC 381753
Description Blacklaw Tower. View of structural remains of tower.
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 381753
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 47999 CN
Scope and Content View of the ruins of Blacklaw Tower, Dumfries and Galloway In the 16th century, Blacklaw was the focus for a large medieval estate, with an assortment of barns, stores, kilns and other buildings lying within a large enclosure. The ruins lie within a forestry clearing some 550m north of Longbedholm steading. Only the ground floor and fragments of the first floor survive, overlain by a mound of turf and rubble. From the ruins, the tower appears to have been rectangular on plan, measuring 9.7m by 7.5m with walls up to 1.7m thick. Blacklaw is first recorded around 1315 in a grant by Robert I to David Lindsay. The estate subsequently passed to the Herries of Terregles, to the Maxwells and finally to the Johnstones. Lesser estate centres were established at Mellingshaw and Raecleugh. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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