Castles · Scottish Lowlands
Bonshaw Tower
Bonshaw Tower is an oblong tower house, probably dating from the mid-16th century, one mile south of Kirtlebridge, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, above the Kirtle Water. It is adjacent to a 19th-c
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- 1.5 h–3 h
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Bonshaw Tower is an oblong tower house, probably dating from the mid-16th century, one mile south of Kirtlebridge, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, above the Kirtle Water. It is adjacent to a 19th-century mansion. The tower was one of a number of structures built along the Scottish border in the 1500s as protection against incursions by the English.
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Bonshaw Tower is an oblong tower house, probably dating from the mid-16th century, one mile south of Kirtlebridge, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, above the Kirtle Water. It is adjacent to a 19th-century mansion. The tower was one of a number of structures built along the Scottish border in the 1500s as protection against incursions by the English.
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- Coordinates
- 55.0376, -3.1875
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- wikipedia: Bonshaw Tower (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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- Where is Bonshaw Tower?
- Bonshaw Tower is in Scottish Lowlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.0376°, -3.1875°.