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Arkland
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Arkland
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Arkland House; Arkland Tower
Canmore ID 65221
Site Number NX89NW 1
NGR NX 8032 9795
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/65221
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Penpont
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX89NW 1 8032 9795.
(Name: NX 8033 9799) Tower (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map (1957)
This is the traditional site of a castle. In the 19th Century it was recollected locally that remains of very thick walls had been seen. (Evidence of a rectangular site is published on OS 25" 1857 at NX 8032 9795).
Name Book 1856
The suggested sites of this tower fall in the garden of Arkland House and there is no surface evidence of it.
Visited by OS (TRG) 12 December 1977
