Bucklerhole
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Bucklerhole
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Bucklerhold
Canmore ID 66138
Site Number NY07NW 13
NGR NY 0441 7624
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/66138
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Mouswald
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY07NW 13 0441 7624.
(NY 0441 7624) Tower (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map (1957)
A few stones and the foundations remain of the 2-storey square border tower known as Bucklerhole or Bucklerhold.
Name Book 1856-98; Statistical Account (OSA) 1793 (J Dickson); New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845 (A B Murray)
No trace remains of this tower. Site lies on a natural knoll covered with rank grass. Proper name could not be confirmed.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 14 June 1966