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Location: Buckholm
Town: Galashiels
Information: Buckholm Tower stands isolated high on an exposed fellside above the valley of the Gala Water about a mile north of Galashiels. The 16th century tower house is now in a very ruinous and unstable condition although the later wing to the south is in a slightly better state of repair.
The tower has been enclosed within a barmkin; these are a rare survival and it is fortunate that Buckholm retains not only remains of the barmkin but of an arched gateway too. Above this has been a bartizan or gatehouse carried on corbels. The lintel of the original doorway was removed to nearby Torwoodlee and bore the initials I P and N P and the date 1582 which matches the apparent age of the tower. Buckholm belonged to Melrose Abbey at one time but after the Reformation it was given by the Commendator to James Pringle or Hoppringle of Tynnes in return for an historic act of bravery in 1524, when he saved the lives of the Scottish King and Queen.
Photos: http://www.jamespringle.co.uk/html/buckholm_.html
Titles: The Antiquary | A Covenanter's Curse |
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Home | Location detail page
Location: Buckholm
Town: Galashiels
Information: Buckholm Tower stands isolated high on an exposed fellside above the valley of the Gala Water about a mile north of Galashiels. The 16th century tower house is now in a very ruinous and unstable condition although the later wing to the south is in a slightly better state of repair.
The tower has been enclosed within a barmkin; these are a rare survival and it is fortunate that Buckholm retains not only remains of the barmkin but of an arched gateway too. Above this has been a bartizan or gatehouse carried on corbels. The lintel of the original doorway was removed to nearby Torwoodlee and bore the initials I P and N P and the date 1582 which matches the apparent age of the tower. Buckholm belonged to Melrose Abbey at one time but after the Reformation it was given by the Commendator to James Pringle or Hoppringle of Tynnes in return for an historic act of bravery in 1524, when he saved the lives of the Scottish King and Queen.
Photos: http://www.jamespringle.co.uk/html/buckholm_.html
Titles: The Antiquary | A Covenanter's Curse |
SITEMAP | LINKS | TERMS & CONDITIONS | © Edinburgh Film Focus 2009