Pricing Change
New pricing for orders of material from this site will come into place shortly. Charges for supply of digital images, digitisation on demand, prints and licensing will be altered.
Upcoming Maintenance
Please be advised that this website will undergo scheduled maintenance on the following dates:
Thursday, 30 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
During these times, some functionality such as image purchasing may be temporarily unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Outer Woodhead
Tower House (Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Outer Woodhead
Classification Tower House (Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 67850
Site Number NY47NW 7
NGR NY 4028 7966
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/67850
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Canonbie
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY47NW 7 4028 7966.
(NY 4028 7966) Tower (NR) (Site of)
OS 25" map (1898)
For farmhouse and farmsteading of Outer Woodhead, see NY47NW 32.
The Ordnance Survey Name Book (ONB) mentions the site of a tower at Outer Woodhead using the NSA as authority. However, there is no mention of a tower at Outer Woodhead in the New Statistical Account (NSA).
Name Book 1858; NSA 1841 (J Donaldson)
There is no evidence of a tower at Woodhead.
Visited by OS (RD) 18 December 1970.
Note (1997)
NY 4028 7966 NY47NW 7
Listed as tower.
RCAHMS 1997.
