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'Ffrancie Of Canonbie'
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name 'Ffrancie Of Canonbie'
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Canonbie Holm
Canmore ID 67836
Site Number NY47NW 12
NGR NY 400 758
NGR Description NY c. 400 758
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67836
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Canonbie
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Note (1981)
'ffrancie of Canobie' NY47NW
The site of this tower cannot be located. A map of 1590 places it near the N end of Canonbie Holm and the New Statistical Account notes the former existence of a tower in the vicinity of the 19th-century farmstead of Hallgreen (NY 400 758).
RCAHMS 1981.
(Hyslop and Hyslop 1912, 320; NSA, iv, Dumfries, 489-90).
Note (1997)
Unlocated NY47NW 12
Listed as tower.
RCAHMS 1997.
