Loch Tower, Yetholm Loch
Tower (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Loch Tower, Yetholm Loch
Classification Tower (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 59318
Site Number NT82NW 6
NGR NT 8039 2827
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/59318
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Yetholm
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Roxburgh
- Former County Roxburghshire
NT82NW 6 8039 2827.
(NT 8039 2827) Loch Tower (NR) (Site of).
OS 6"map, Roxburghshire, (1923).
Loch Tower, Yetholm Loch (Site). This tower, which stood on an island in Yetholm Loch and was reached by a causeway, was thrown down by the Earl of Surrey on the night of 17 May 1523 (Letters and Papers, Henry VIII). Nothing of the structure can be seen.
RCAHMS 1956, visited 22 October 1937.
No change.
Visited by OS(RD) 24 November 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
