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Monk's Tower
Tower (Medieval)
Site Name Monk's Tower
Classification Tower (Medieval)
Canmore ID 55294
Site Number NT51NW 5
NGR NT 5472 1992
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/55294
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Minto
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT51NW 5 5472 1992.
(NT 5472 1992) Monk's Tower (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map (1923)
The Object Name Book of the Ordnance Survey describes the 'site of Monk's Tower' as 'Was one of the old Border Tower's or Keeps' belonging to the family of the Scotts flourished about the fifteenth century. "Monks' Tower" was the proper name - it is most generally known as Hassendean Tower. Every vestige of the Tower was removed about fifteen years ago- the stones were chiefly used in the erection of Hassendean farm-house.
Name Book 1862
Monk's Tower, Hassendean (Site). No structural remains survive.
RCAHMS 1956, visited 1933
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
Previously also listed under duplicate site NT96SW 510 -CANCELLED. HES (LCK) 11.6.2024
