Archaeology Notes

Event ID 731795

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NY49NE 6 4635 9729.

(NY 4635 9729) Gorrenberry Tower (NR) (site of)

OS 6" map (1962)

Goranberry Tower stood near the source of the Hermitage Water, about two miles above the castle (NY49NE 5); it belonged to the Elliots. Remains of the tower existed until within the last thirty years, when they were demolished to build farm offices.

A Jeffrey 1864

No structural remains of a tower can now be seen, but at the published site there is a slight mound, rectangular on plan, and measuring about 11.0m E-W by 4.5m transversely. Numerous small field enclosures which lie adjacent may indicate that this was the site of a farmhouse rather than a tower. Local enquiries failed to confirm the existence of a tower.

Visited by OS (JLD) 27 September 1960

Previous field report confirmed. The name "Gorrenberry Tower" is known locally.

Visited by OS (DWR) 23 March 1972