What is recorded here

Kirkconnel Tower was a 16th-century tower house near Ecclefechan that vanished without leaving a visible trace. Tradition connects it to Helen of Kirconnel and the Irving family, suggesting a domestic life behind the ballad’s drama. The land may still hold forgotten foundations, waiting for rain or curiosity to reveal what the tower kept from history.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Kirkconnel Tower as Tower House (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Kirkconnel Tower is a medieval tower house located in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, and was likely built in the 15th or 16th century by a local landholding family, possibly the Maxwells or Johnstons. It is remembered as an example of the defensive and domestic architecture of the Scottish Borders during a period of frequent conflict.

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