Auchenfedrick II
Gatehouse Classification - Not available
Has been described as a Possible Solar tower (peel-tower)
There are masonry footings remains
| Name | Auchenfedrick II |
| Alternative Names | Auchenfedrick Cottage; Over Auchenfedrick |
| Medieval County | |
| Historic Country | Dumfriesshire |
| Modern Authority | Dumfries and Galloway |
| 1974 Authority | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Civil Parish | Glencairn |
The settlement is situated on the edge of a terrace to the SW of Auchenfedrick Cottage and comprises a tower and a long building which lie parallel to one another. The ENE end of the building has been demolished to make way for the construction of a drystone dyke.
The tower, which is reduced to a stony heap, measures 7.7m from ENE to WSW by 6m transversely over rubble-faced walls 1.4m in thickness and up to 1m in height. The building, which comprises at least two compartments, with an entrance visible in the SSE side of the WSW compartment, measures more than 12.3m from ENE to WSW by 4.4m transversely within rubble-faced walls 1.05m in thickness and up to 0.5m in height, with an extension 5.5m in length on the WSW. (Nith 262-3). (Visited by RCAHMS (PJD) 13 March 1992)
Three unroofed buildings annotated Ruins are depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Dumfriesshire 1861, sheet xl), but they are not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1982). (Information from RCAHMS (SAH) 21 June 2000) (Canmore)
This site is a scheduled monument protected by law
Not Listed
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | NX84478816 |
| Latitude | 55.17425 |
| Longitude | -3.81543 |
| Eastings | 284470 |
| Northings | 588160 |
| Length | 7.7m |
| Width | 6m |
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| Orientation | 67 |
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