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Eyemouth, High Street, Old Churchyard, Watch House
Watch House (19th Century)
Site Name Eyemouth, High Street, Old Churchyard, Watch House
Classification Watch House (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Watch Tower
Canmore ID 96984
Site Number NT96SW 77.02
NGR NT 94342 64433
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/96984
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Eyemouth
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Berwickshire
- Former County Berwickshire
NT96SW 77.02 94343 64433
Small building with slated roof, built almost entirely from fragments of tomb-stones, many of them elaborately carved. Level of Old churchyard was raised 6 feet in 1849 to accommodate victims of the cholera epidemic. (Historic Scotland)
Photographic Survey (June 1961)
Photographic survey of buildings in Eyemouth, Berwickshire, by the Scottish National Buildings Record in June 1961.
Field Visit (14 November 1985)
Site visited by Scottish Borders Council Archaeology Service. Information from SBC
Sbc Note (15 April 2016)
Visibility: Standing structure or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
Scottish Borders Smr Note
Churchyard recently cleared of tombstones, re-erected against walls, central memorial to fishermen lost in 1881 disater. Rebuilt 1849.
