Old Crawfordton
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Old Crawfordton
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Canmore ID 65106
Site Number NX88NW 3
NGR NX 81574 88849
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/65106
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Glencairn
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX88NW 3 8155 8884
Tower
(remains of) [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, November 2009.
See also NX88NW 20 (Old Crawfordton and Vault).
John Crichton of Crawfordton is mentioned in 1656.
J Corrie 1910
The basement of an old tower remains at Old Crawfordton. It is a simple oblong on plan, 34 feet x 19 ft 6 ins with ivy-covered rubble walls varying from 2 ft 6 ins to 4 ft 6 ins thickness standing up to 8 ft high. (This is probably the feature at NX 8155 8884).
RCAHMS 1920, visited 1912
The ivy-covered remains of this tower are as described above.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (BS) 26 August 1977.
