Archaeology Notes

Event ID 671439

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ90NW 55 93556 08925 removed from NJ 9419 0627

(NJ 9355 0892) Benholm's Lodge known as the Wallace Tower (NAT)

OS 1:1250 map, (1972).

Benholm's Tower locally known as the Wallace (from Well-house) Tower was removed from its original site at NJ 9419 0627, under threat of re-development, and re-erected c.1971. It was built between 1610 and 1616 for Sir Robert Keith of Benholm and is unique in being a z-plan tower house used as a town 'lodging'. A wing was added c.1789 and, despite 19th century alterations, the building remained in reasonable condition until the beginning of the 20th century but was neglected thereafter being used as a public house, which is still its function on its new site.

E Meldrum 1964; HBD List nd, 48.

(Newspaper reference cited).

NMRS, MS/712/83.

Benholm's/the Wallace Tower is no longer a public house but is now a block of flats.

Information from Michael Gilmour Associates 9 August 2002.