Historic houses · North East England
Barnhills Tower
Barnhills Tower in England North East, United Kingdom.
James Denham — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Barnhills Tower is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Barnhills Tower was a 16th-century tower house about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders, Scotland, north of the River Teviot, on the high left bank of the Craigend Burn.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The Turnbulls owned the property, which was burnt by the English in 1545, by the Earl of Hertford, during the Rough Wooing, but it was still one of the houses appointed to watch the fords of the River Tweed in 1548–9. Older renderings of the castle name are “Barne helles” and “Barnehyll”.
Architecture
All that remains of the castle is the vaulted basement, and trace of a stair in a corner The tower is oblong, built of rubble, mainly freestone. It measured about 34 ft by 25 ft, the north–south axis being longer. The surviving windows have chamfered freestone dressings. The entrance was in the east wall, with three steps beyond leading down to the ground floor. A staircase ran southward in the thickness of the wall towards the south east angle, and there are traces of this.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 55.4827, -2.6517
- District
- Scottish Borders
- Postcode
- TD9 8SH
- Parliamentary constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Sources
- wikidata: Q27957975 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Barnhills Tower (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Barnhills Tower?
- Barnhills Tower is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.4827°, -2.6517°.
- Is Barnhills Tower wheelchair accessible?
- Partially — OpenStreetMap notes limited wheelchair access at Barnhills Tower. Check ahead for specific facilities.