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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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67318
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Westerkirk
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
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
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.
