Gallaberry, Maxwell's Thorn
Tree (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Gallaberry, Maxwell's Thorn
Classification Tree (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Dryfe Water; Torwood Ford
Canmore ID 66880
Site Number NY18SW 7
NGR NY 1205 8368
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/66880
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Dryfesdale
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY18SW 7 1205 8368
(NY 1205 8368) Maxwell's Thorn (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
Two thorn trees said to have stood near Torwood Ford at the spot where Lord Maxwell was killed after the battle of Dryfesands in 1593, were washed away by flood about 1887. They have been replaced by two others enclosed in a railing.
T Henderson 1930
At the published site there is a single thorn tree (known as Maxwell's Thorn) enclosed by a wooden fence. About 4.0m to the south there is another but it stands in an old hedge line.
Visited by OS (EGC) 15 June 1966.
