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Field Visit
Date 16 August 1989
Event ID 1115349
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1115349
The location of the tower mentioned in the charter of 1645 cannot be identified with certainty. It is, however, on lands called 'Wastsyde of Stanehope' (Reg Magni Sig), and is most likely to lie on Wester Stanhope to the SW of the Stanhope Burn. Although no foundations of a tower are visible around Wester Stanhope a rectangular building with walls about 1.2m thick (NT12NW 4, NT 1212 2955) is situated in an enclosure occupying a terrace about 100m to the S; its foundations are more substantial than any of the other buildings around Stanhope and it may well be the building referred to in the charter.
Visited by RCAHMS (SPH), 16 August 1989.
