Sundaywell
Farmhouse (17th Century), Farmstead (17th Century), Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Sundaywell
Classification Farmhouse (17th Century), Farmstead (17th Century), Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Sundaywell Tower, Farmhouse And Steading
Canmore ID 65136
Site Number NX88SW 5
NGR NX 81151 84417
NGR Description Centred on NX 81151 84417
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/65136
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Dunscore
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX88SW 5 Centred on NX 81151 84417
(NX 8114 8441) Sundaywell Tower (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
A square tower, probably built by James Kirko about the middle of the 17th. century, now forming part of a modern farm-house. A stone bearing his initials and the date 1651 has been set up over the doorway of the modern porch.
RCAHMS 1920, visited 1912
So altered that little or nothing is visible of early work.
N Tranter 1965
This tower is of no architectural merit.
Visited by OS (BS) 13 November 1973
