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Bankburnfoot, Burnfoot Tower

Tower House (Medieval)

Site Name Bankburnfoot, Burnfoot Tower

Classification Tower House (Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) 'Burnefoote'

Canmore ID 67318

Site Number NY29SE 23

NGR NY 267 924

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Westerkirk
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Annandale And Eskdale
  • Former County Dumfries-shire

Archaeology Notes

NY29SE 23 c. 268 925

A tower at 'Burnefoote' - now Bankburnfoot (NY 267 924) seen on a map of about 1590.

BM Royal MS. 18Diii, Burghley Atlas c.1590; J and R Hyslop 1912.

No further information.

Visited by OS (DWR) 7 October 1973

Activities

Field Visit (August 1980)

Burnfoot NY c. 268 925 NY29SE 23

There are no visible remains of the tower of Burnfoot recorded on a map of 1590. Blaeu's Atlas and an estate plan of 1718 show Burnfoot on the E side of Bankhead Burn.

RCAHMS 1980, visited August 1980

(Blaeu 1654; SRO, RHP 9629; Hyslop and Hyslop 1912, 320, 359)

Note (1997)

NY 268 925 NY29SE 23

Listed as tower.

RCAHMS 1997.

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