Baurch

Gatehouse Classification - Not available

Has been described as a Possible Peel-house

There are no visible remains

NameBaurch
Alternative NamesBlawst
Medieval County
Historic CountryDumfriesshire
Modern AuthorityDumfries And Galloway
1974 AuthorityDumfries and Galloway
Civil ParishGretna

There are no visible remains of the tower of 'Blawst' that is depicted on a map of 1590. It may have stood near Baurch steading. (Information from RCAHMS (IF), 4 January 1996. J and R Hyslop 1912; J M Corrie 1916; J Stone 1991)
Listed as tower. (RCAHMS 1997) (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 ReferenceNY285658
Latitude54.98216
Longitude-3.11802
Eastings328500
Northings565800
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Dimensions Comment
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Wall Thickness 1
Wall Thickness 2
Map1590, A Platt of the opposete Borders of Scotland to ye west marches of England(The Aglionby Platt) British Library online Gallery and Old Cumbria Gazetteer (see also Gatehouse Essay 'The Aglionby Platt')
Blaeu, J., 1654, 'Annandiae praefectura, Vulgo, The Stewartrie of Annandail' in Theatrum Orbis Terrerum, sive Atlas Novus, Vol.5; Scotice et Hibernia(Amsterdam) Map online copy
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Books

  • Coventry, M., 2008, Castles of the Clans: the strongholds and seats of 750 Scottish families and clans(Musselburgh)
  • RCAHMS, 1997, Eastern Dumfriesshire: an archaeological landscape(Edinburgh) p. 116
  • Hyslop, J. and Hyslop, R., 1912, Langholm as it was: a history of Langholm and Eskdale from the earliest timesp. 320 online copy

Journals

  • Ellis, H., 1829, 'Copy of a manuscript tract addressed to Lord Burghley, illustrative of the Border topography of Scotland, AD 1590, with a platt or map of the Borders taken in the same year' ArchaeologiaVol. 22 p. 161-71 online copy