Harrow Burn
Bishops Palace (Medieval)
Site Name Harrow Burn
Classification Bishops Palace (Medieval)
Canmore ID 49825
Site Number NT13NE 23
NGR NT
NGR Description Unlocated
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49825
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Stobo
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT13NE 23 unlocated
Location formerly entered as NT 16 39.
The Venerable Father William, Lord Bishop of Glasgow, built himself a palace, the traditional site of which is "On the Harrow burn, the first knoll on the right some half mile up from the market road." It was visited by the Bishop of St Andrews in 1299.
J W Buchan and H Paton eds. 1927.
No further information.
Visited by OS(DWR) 8 August 1972.
