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Branxholme, Tentyfoot Tower

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Tower (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Branxholme, Tentyfoot Tower

Classification Tower (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Branxholme Castle

Canmore ID 231186

Site Number NT41SE 13.01

NGR NT 46439 11687

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/231186

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Oblique aerial view of Branxholme Castle, taken from the S.
Oblique aerial view of Branxholme Castle, taken from the S.Oblique aerial view of Branxholme Castle, taken from the ESE.Oblique aerial view of Branxholme Castle, taken from the NW.Ground floor plan, including Nesbie Tower and Tentyfoot Tower. RCAHMS Inventory article 242, fig. 169 464116 N xxiiiOblique aerial view of Branxholme Castle, taken from the SSE.Oblique aerial view of Branxholme Castle, taken from the E.Oblique aerial view of Branxholme Castle, taken from the SE.General viewOblique aerial view of Branxholme Castle, taken from the WNW.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Scottish Borders, The
  • Parish Hawick
  • Former Region Borders
  • Former District Roxburgh
  • Former County Roxburghshire

Site Management (24 November 2008)

Buildings at Risk Register BARR

This tower is part of the outer defences of Branxholme Castle. (Historic Environment Scotland List Entry). A strengthening tower of the enceinte or walled castle courtyard (now incomplete) (Strang, Borders and Berwick, 1994 p.150)

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Photographic Survey (1956)

Photographic survey by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1956.

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