Kirkconnel Tower was a 16th-century tower house, about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east of Ecclefechan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, south of Kirtle Water, south of Kirkconnel Church.[1]

It is different from Kirkconnel House, south of Dumfries.[1]

History

This is thought to have been the home of Helen of Kirconnel, the subject of the ballad published by Walter Scott, in Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border.[1] It may have been a mansion of the Irving family.[2]

Structure

There is no trace of the castle nor evidence of its structure.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Coventry, Martin (1997) The Castles of Scotland. Goblinshead. ISBN 1-899874-10-0 p.
  2. 1 2 "Kirkconnel Tower". Canmore. Retrieved 17 August 2018.


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