Clessley Tower
Tower (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Clessley Tower
Classification Tower (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 56940
Site Number NT61SW 14
NGR NT 6468 1040
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56940
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Southdean
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT61SW 14 6468 1040.
(NT 6468 1040) Clessley Tower (NR) (Site of).
OS 6"map, Roxburghshire, (1924).
Clessley Tower (Site). No structural remains survive.
RCAHMS 1956, visited 25 August 1932.
Clessleypeel or Classleypeel: Two dilapidated cottages on the site of an ancient peel.
Name Book 1859.
This site occupies a much mutitated mound covered with the amorphous footings of walls and banks. It is impossible to distinguish between the possible remains of a tower and the footings of the cottages mentioned by ONB.
Visited by OS(WDJ) 8 February 1967.
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
