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Old Howpasley

Tower House (Medieval)

Site Name Old Howpasley

Classification Tower House (Medieval)

Canmore ID 53006

Site Number NT30NW 6

NGR NT 3493 0676

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NT30NW 6 3493 0676

For (possible successor) farmhouse and steading of Howpasley (NT 3449 0742 and 3450 0758), see NT30NW 13. For farmstead of Old Howpasley (NT 3496 0675), see NT30NW 14.

(NT 3493 0676) Tower (NR) (site of)

OS 6" map (1964)

According to tradition, a peel or Border tower stood here. There is no trace at present.

Name Book 1858

Tower, Old Howpasley (Site): This tower, of which no remains survive, was burnt by the English in 1543 (R B Armstrong 1883).

RCAHMS 1956, visited 1932

The site of the tower occupies a mutilated area immediately E of Old Howpasley. No trace of any remains could be seen.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 23 July 1962.

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Sbc Note (21 March 2016)

Visibility: This was the site of an archaeological monument, which may no longer be visible.

Information from Scottish Borders Council

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