Barngleis

Gatehouse Classification - Not available

Has been described as a Possible Bastle-house

There are no visible remains

NameBarngleis
Alternative NamesBarnglishe; Barnglyish; Borngles
Medieval County
Historic CountryDumfriesshire
Modern AuthorityDumfries And Galloway
1974 AuthorityDumfries and Galloway
Civil ParishCanonbie

(NY 3286 7757). The farmhouse of Barngliesh is erected on the site of a Border tower. (Name Book 1858).
NY c. 328 775. Nothing can be seen of the tower of 'Barnglishe' which is depicted on a map of 1590. (RCAHMS 1981, visited October 1980. J and R Hyslop 1912; T H B Graham 1914)
Barngleish. Listed as tower. (RCAHMS 1997) (Canmore)

Barnglies on the Sark was the residence of Christie son of Johnnie Armstrong of Gilnockie. The pump-tree which is fixed seven yards from the rear of the farmhouse marks the position of the tower. An old inhabitant, Matthew Byers of the March, says that his father, who died at the age of 94, was shown the site by an old man who was present when the tower was pulled down. The said. Christie Armstrong, described as goodman of Langholm Castle in 1583, and Christie Armstrong of Barnglies (probably his son) both married Grahams of Esk. (Graham 1914)

Gatehouse Comments

Marked on the Pont map (in Blaeu) and highlighted in red, which seems to suggest a more significant house.

- Philip Davis

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 ReferenceNY32867757
Latitude55.08811
Longitude-3.05346
Eastings332860
Northings577570
Length
Width
Dimensions Comment
Vault
Vault Comment
Orientation
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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, 'Lidalia vel Lidisdalia regio, Lidisdail' in Theatrum Orbis Terrerum, sive Atlas Novus, Vol.5; Scotice et Hibernia(Amsterdam) Map online copy
HolderCreste Armestronge of Borngles - 1583
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Books

  • Coventry, M., 2008, Castles of the Clans: the strongholds and seats of 750 Scottish families and clans(Musselburgh)
  • RCAHMS, 1981, The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Ewesdale and Lower Eskdale, Annandale and Eskdale District, Dumfries and Galloway Region(RCAHMS Archaeological sites and monuments of Scotland 13)
  • Hyslop, J. and Hyslop, R., 1912, Langholm as it was: a history of Langholm and Eskdale from the earliest timesp. 357 online copy

Journals

  • Graham, T.H.B., 1914, 'The Debatable Land Part II' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological SocietyVol. 14 p. 137 online copy
  • 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

Primary Sources

  • Bain, J., 1894, Calendar of Letters and Papers relating to the Borders of England and Scotland(Edinburgh: HMSO) Vol. 1 1560-1594 p. 122 (Thomas Musgrave to Burghley, on the Border Riders 1583) online copy