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KIRKPATRICK-] INVENTORY OF MONUMENTS IN DUMFRIESSHIRE. [-JUXTA.

In December 1306 Roger de Kirkpatrick,
" Chevaler," is Seigneur of " Haughencas,"
at which time he loans money to Sir Humphrey
de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex and
Seigneur of Annandale. [Footnote] 1 The place after-
wards belonged to Randolph, Earl of Moray,
and later on to the Douglases of Morton. [Footnote] 2

1 Bain's Calendar, iv. No. 1823;
2 New Stat. Acct., iv. p. 127.
xvi. S.W. 12 May 1912.

385. Structure, Kinnelhead. - On the north-
eastern shoulder of Peat Hill, towards the base
and adjacent to Kinnelhead farm, 4 miles west-
south-west of Moffat, is a ruinous structure of
indeterminate date. The hillside is covered
with outcrops of rock, some of which are of
considerable size. A cleft in one of these has
been artificially extended and incorporated

[Plan inserted]
FIG. 91. - Structure, Kinnelhead, and Incised Cross
(Nos. 385 and 386).

in a building. This cleft runs approximately
north and south; across the northern end
a gable wall has been erected, and traces of a
similar wall at the southern end can be seen.
A vaulted roof has been thrown across from
the rock face on the east to that on the west.
There has been at least one other storey
above the vault. The building measures
50 feet from north to south and 23 feet 2
inches from east to west (over-all measure-
ments); the walls are 4 feet thick. It is much
longer than the usual domestic or domestic-
and-defensive building, and this, along with
the fact that an ecclesiastical symbol is carved
on the rock, would seem to suggest an ecclesi-
astical purpose. This, however, can only be
ascertained by excavation.
Some 34 feet to the west is an outbuilding
running parallel to the main structure. It is
built in drystone masonry; some of the stones
in the walls weigh over a ton. To the north
and east are traces of other buildings.

386. Incised Cross, Kinnelhead. - On the rock
to the west of the building is incised a Cross
Calvary. It measures 3 1/4 inches across the
arms, and is 10 1/2 inches high. The workman-
ship is crude.
xxiv. N.W. ("Kinnelhead Tower"). 9 May 1912.

387. Tower (remains), Boreland. - On the
estate of Raehills, about 1 3/4 mile north of St
Ann's Bridge, is the ruin of a tower. Only a
portion of the vaulted ground floor now stands.
From north to south the tower has measured
30 feet 9 inches and from east to west 21 feet
6 inches. The walls are 3 feet 6 inches thick.
The ruin is used for storage of agricultural
implements. It is in a bad state of repair.
xxiv. S.W. 16 May 1912.

388. Lochhouse Tower. - Lochhouse Tower
(fig. 4 of Introduction), a Border tower
of the 16th century, lies 1 1/4 miles south of
Moffat, on the east side of the Beattock
road, on a slight knoll which
appears to have been sur-
rounded by water.

[Plan inserted
FIG. 92. - Lochhouse Tower (No. 388).

The building is oblong on
plan (fig. 92) with rounded
corners, and measures from
north to south 37 feet and
27 feet 6 inches from east
to west. There are three
floors, with a garret in what
was a steeply pitched roof:
the basement is vaulted. A
parapet walk carried on
corbels ran round the build-
ing. Two external offsets run right round
the tower : one below the sills of the loop-
holes on the ground floor, the other below
the sills of the second-floor windows. The
entrance is in the east wall. The doorway
has a bead-and-hollow moulded architrave
carried round the jambs and lintel. To
the left of the doorway in the thickness of
the wall is a small chamber, while to the

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