Shiel
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Shiel
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) 'Nicholl Batie Of The Sheelds'; 'nicholl Batie Of The Schield'; 'nichol Of Ye Sheelds'
Canmore ID 67319
Site Number NY29SE 24
NGR NY 283 916
NGR Description NY c. 283 916
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67319
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Westerkirk
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY29SE 24 c. 283 916.
Tower of 'Nichol of ye Sheelds' seen on map of c. 1590. (Shiel: NY 283 916).
BM Royal MS. 18Diii, Burghley Atlas c.1590
No further information.
Visited by OS (DWR) 16 October 1973.
Field Visit (July 1980)
Shiel NY c. 283 916 NY29SE 24
There are no visible remains of the tower of 'Nicholl of the Sheelds' noted on a map of 1590. 'Nicholl Batie of the Schield' is on record in 1569.
RCAHMS 1980, visited July 1980
(Hyslop and Hyslop 1912, 299, 320, 359)
Note (1997)
NY 283 916 NY29SE 24
Listed as tower.
RCAHMS 1997.
