Hundalee Tower
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Hundalee Tower
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Canmore ID 56890
Site Number NT61NW 23
NGR NT 6456 1871
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56890
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Jedburgh
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT61NW 23 6456 1871.
(NT 6456 1871) Tower (NR) (site of)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975).
The tower or peel at Hundalee was destroyed during the 18th century.
NSA 1845.
A lintel from the former tower is positioned above the fireplace in the kitchen of the existing house of Hundalee and bears the date '1667'.
RCAHMS 1956; W Laidlaw 1905.
The site of the tower of Hundalee was pointed out by Mr J C Brown of Hundalee, nr Jedburgh, as being at NT 6456 1871, where the amorphous footings of a building can still be seen on a slight platform above gullies to the S and E. The carved lintel is still as described by the RCAHMS.
Visited by OS (RD) 6 February 1967.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding earthwork or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
Note
A lintel from the former tower is positioned above the fireplace in the kitchen of the existing house of Hundalee and bears the date '1667'.
RCAHMS 1956; W Laidlaw 1905.