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Bombie

Tower House (Medieval)

Site Name Bombie

Classification Tower House (Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Hopsrigg; Hopsrig

Canmore ID 67616

Site Number NY38NW 18

NGR NY 319 886

NGR Description NY c. 319 886

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

NY38NW 18 c. 319 886.

A tower is indicated on a map of 1590 at either Hopsrig (NY 322 886) or Bombie (NY 319 886).

J and R Hyslop 1912

No further information (M Robson, Wilton Lodge Museum).

Visited by OS (MJF) 1 November 1979.

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Note (1981)

Bombie NY c. 319 886 NY38NW 18

There are no visible remains of the tower of Bombie recorded on a map of 1590.

RCAHMS 1981.

(Hyslop and Hyslop 1912, 320, 359).

Note (1997)

NY 319 886 NY38NW 18

Listed as tower.

RCAHMS 1997.

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