Tullynessle Parish, Tower
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Tullynessle Parish, Tower
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Canmore ID 17557
Site Number NJ51NE 5
NGR NJ 5 1
NGR Description Unlocated
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17557
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Tullynessle And Forbes
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ51NE 5 unlocated.
Patrick Forbes of Carse, Bishop of Aberdeen, who died in 1635, had a tower in the parish of Tullynessle for a summer lodging. On a stone in the wall of a barn are the arms and motto of the Forbes, all that remains of the buidling.
R Keith 1824; A Laing 1828; J Dowden 1912.
No further information.
Visited by OS (NKB) 9 October 1968.
There is no change to the existing record.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 12 March 1998.
