Kirkconnel Tower
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Kirkconnel Tower
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Bell's Tower, Springkell; Kirkconnel Tower, Springkell
Canmore ID 67059
Site Number NY27NE 3
NGR NY 2533 7523
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67059
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkpatrick-fleming
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY27NE 3 2533 7523.
(NY 25337523) Kirkconnel (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map (1957)
Not to be confused with Kirkconnel Tower in Hoddom parish (NY17NE 3.00).
The site of Kirkconnel, said to have been a mansion belonging to the Irving family, was pointed out by local informants, including Sir John Maxwell of Springkell who could recollect some of the ruins standing here. No traces now remain.
Name Book 1858
The RCAHMS suggests that this tower equates with 'Bell's Tower', mentioned in an Act of 1481 for the garrisoning of the lower Annan.
RCAHMS 1920.
No traces of this building can be seen on the ground.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 16 October 1967
Kirkconnel Tower, which stood in the grounds of Springkell, was the predecessor of the Kirkconnel Tower described on NY17NE 3.
A M T Maxwell-Irving 1974.
Note (1997)
NY 2533 7523 NY27NE 3
Listed as tower.
RCAHMS 1997.
