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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site of MAUCHLINE TOWER | Site of Mauchline Tower Site of Mauchline Tower Site of Mauchline Tower |
Mr. C Roger - Librarian Mr James Thomson Mr Reid - Writer |
054 | [Situation] On the west side of the Murraygate The site of this object is now occupied by a house of modern style The Mauchline Tower was taken down about 1812. Mr Roger remembers seeing the building and also its demolition Mr Thomson remembers the same both point out the site as shewn on trace, but who built or first occupied it is quite unknown as well as is the time of its erection |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 23Town of Dundee -- Sheet 54 - 5 No. 25 Trace 4
[Note]
"Beside the "Dog Well" one of the public wells at the south-west corner of the broad part of the Murraygate
stood Mauchline Tower which was evidently one of the towers in the Town Wall."
Thomson's Hist. [History] of Dundee. p. [page] 155
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Alison James- Moderator, Iain496
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