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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

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  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Canonbie
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Annandale And Eskdale
  • Former County Dumfries-shire

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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.

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