Coaltown Tower
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Coaltown Tower
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Canmore ID 50180
Site Number NT15NE 4
NGR NT 1808 5701
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/50180
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Penicuik (Midlothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT15NE 4 1808 5701
(NT 1808 5701) Coaltown Tower (NR) (site of).
OS 6" map (1962)
The fortalice of Coaltown, of which no trace existed in 1915, stood in a field called Coaltown Park, between Cumberland Parks and Monk's Burn.
Name Book 1852; RCAHMS 1929, visited 1915.
No trace remains; site lies in an undulating arable field above the west side of a ravine.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 12 February 1970.