Auchenrivock Tower

Auchenrivock Tower
Near Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
UK grid reference NY372805
Auchenrivock Tower
Coordinates 55°06′55″N 2°59′07″W / 55.115353°N 2.985301°W
Type L-Plan Tower house
Site information
Owner Buccleuch estate
Open to
the public
No
Condition Ruined
Site history
Built Late 16th Century
Materials Stone

Auchenrivock Tower is a ruined late 16th Century tower house situated near Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway. The remains of the tower, which rise 8 feet at their highest, are currently built into a garden wall.

An earlier stronghold of the Irvings of Eskdale, called Stakehugh, lay near the current site.

References

External links

Picture of the tower at scran.ac.uk