Glendinning
Castle (Medieval)(Possible), Tower House (Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Glendinning
Classification Castle (Medieval)(Possible), Tower House (Medieval)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Poldovick Burn
Canmore ID 67244
Site Number NY29NE 22
NGR NY 298 965
NGR Description NY c. 298 965
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67244
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Westerkirk
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY29NE 22 c298 965.
There are vestiges of an old tower or castle at Glendinning (NY 298 970).
OSA 1794 (W Little)
There are remains of an old castle at Glendinning.
NSA 1845 (J Green)
Local inhabitants are not aware of the existence or former existence of a tower or castle at Glendinning.
Visited by OS (EGC) 14 August 1962
Field Visit (July 1980)
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The 'vestiges of an old tower, or castle' at Glendinning, noted in the Statistical Account, are no longer visible. Its position on Blaeu's map of 1654 suggests that it stood about 450m S of the modern farmhouse of Glendinning on the S side of the Poldovick Burn.
RCAHMS 1980, visited July 1980
(Blaeu 1654; Stat. Acct., xi, 1794, 529)
Note (1997)
NY 298 965 NY29NE 22
Listed as tower.
RCAHMS 1997.
