Kirkconnel Tower
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]
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Categories:
- Castles in Dumfries and Galloway
- Scotland castle stubs