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Knockholme Tower
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Knockholme Tower
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Mid Knock
Canmore ID 67338
Site Number NY29SE 41
NGR NY 29 90
NGR Description NY c. 29 90
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67338
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Westerkirk
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Note (1980)
Knockholme NY c. 29 90 NY29SE
The site of the tower of 'Knockholme' recorded on a map of 1590 cannot be identified.
RCAHMS 1980
(Hyslop and Hyslop 1912, 320)
Note (1997)
NY c. 29 90 NY29SE 41
Listed as tower.
RCAHMS 1997.
