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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HILLS TOWER | Hills Tower Hills Tower Hills Tower Hills Tower Hills Tower Hills Tower |
Robert Lackie Mr Hislop Mr Lindsay Ainslies Map 1796 Mr Joseph Welsh Provost Mr McGowan Archt [Architect] |
027 | [Situation] About 1 mile S.E. b. [South East by] East of Lochfoot. An old castle in a fine state of preservation it is about 40 feet high & has loop holes on each side and must have been a place of strength it is situated about [25] chains east of the bye road leading from [Dalbeattie] road to Lochrutton [church] it is supposed that [Cromwell] stopt here a night on [his] way thro' [through] Galloway. |
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[page] 42Parish of Lochrutton
Form 136 Page
86 Hills Tower
[Note] -- In the Statistical Account of Kirkcudbrtshire [Kirkcudbrightshire]
page 288. Is remarked that "One ancient
Tower remains entire & is mentioned in a
Scots chronicle published in the reign of
James VI. by the name of the Castle of Hills
the area before the entrance is enclosed & over
the gate a Porter's lodge was erected. When
this tower was built is uncertain but on
a corner stone of the lodge which seems
to be of modern construction the year 1598
is inscribed."
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