• Source: 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.
It is different from Kirkconnell House, near New Abbey in Kirkcudbrightshire.




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.
It may have been a mansion of the Irving family.




Structure


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




See also


Castles in Great Britain and Ireland
List of castles in Scotland




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Dumfries and Galloway
• Kirkconnel Tower
• Battle of Solway Moss
• Dumfries and Galloway
• List of places in Dumfries and Galloway
• Clan Grierson
• List of listed buildings in Kirkconnel, Dumfries and Galloway
• John Murray of Broughton
• List of Historic Environment Scotland properties
• List of listed buildings in Caerlaverock, Dumfries and Galloway
• Nijinsky (horse)