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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
KINNELHEAD TOWER Kinnelhead Tower (remains of)
Kinnelhead Tower (remains of)
Kinnelhead Tower (remains of)
William Anderson West Earshag
John Elliot Rivox
John Henry Kinnelhead
024 The ruins of a Castle or Tower, on the farm of Kinnelhead, the only remains standing are the foundation, and a portion of the walls, as high as the first flat,and from the appearance of the walls the different rooms must have been Arched from the rocky nature of the ground surrounding the building it must have been a place of considerable strength.
THORNY KNOWE Thorny Knowe
Thorny Knowe
Thorny Knowe
William Scott Blairnock
John Henry
William Anderson
024 A small grassy hill which is surround by a great number of scattered rocks it is situated on the West of Kinnelhead Tower
WATCH KNOWE Watch Knowe
Watch Knowe
Watch Knowe
William Scott
John Henry
william Anderson
024 A small rocky hill which has a commanding view of the country surrounding the Tower and most probably was used as such when the Castle was Occupied

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Parish of Kirkpatrick Juxta
Plan 24.1 Trace 1

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[Kinnlhead Tower] 8 chains W. [West] from Kinnelhead
[Thorny Knowe] 22 chains S.W.W. [West South West] from Kinnelhead
[Watch Knowe] 9 chains S.S.W. [South South West] from Kinnelhead

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