Freugh
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Freugh
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Canmore ID 61240
Site Number NX15NW 30
NGR NX 1113 5616
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/61240
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Stoneykirk
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX15NW 30 1113 5616.
For cropmarks at this location see NX15NW 59.
There are no visible remains of Freugh tower, which stood about 800m NE of East Galdenoch. The tower and its policies are depicted on Gillone's plan of 1795, but by 1847 it had been demolished and only a trace of the parkland was still visible. In the 15th century the property belonged to a cadet of the M'Dowall family. In 1654 the tower was burnt and by 1684 the laird of Freugh had taken up residence at Balgreggan (NX c.09 50).
RCAHMS 1987, visited February 1986
