Tour Of Mauconly
Tower (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Tour Of Mauconly
Classification Tower (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Daer Valley
Canmore ID 258268
Site Number NS91SE 40
NGR NS 9595 1375
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/258268
- Council South Lanarkshire
- Parish Crawford
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Clydesdale
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS91SE 40 9595 1375
This site is recorded in a manuscript map of Clydesdale of 1596 and on a later published map of 1654. A search of the area found no trace of a tower building depicted on these maps so prominently. It is possible a mistake was made when creating the maps but this would appear unlikely, as the surrounding areas on the map are very accurately depicted and detailed. One would exxpect to find some trace of the building or at least references to it in other sources, but nothing has yet been found. It is possible the site was a watch tower or beacon, and a less substantial and permanent structure than that suggested on the maps.
T Ward 2002
Recorded in draft of forthcoming report, History of the Daer Valley, South Lanarkshire.
Biggar Museum Trust, T Ward 2002; NMRS MS 1774, 17
