Kirkandrews Tower

  • Description

    "Kirkandrews Tower was built as a border fortress around 1530-50 by a Thomas Graham. It was sited in the area that both the English and Scottish claimed as their own. The square tower measures 10 metres by 7 metres and has walls over 1½ metres thick. The basement is vaulted. From the south wall entrance a spiral stair rises to two upper stories and an attic. The roof is step gabled." Photo by Alexander P Kapp, 2007.
  • Owner

    Alexander P Kapp
  • Source

    Geograph (Geograph)
  • License

    What does this mean? Creative Commons License
  • Further information

    Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/320870
    Resource type: Image
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 5 years, 1 month ago
    Viewed: 403 times
    Picture Taken: 2007-01-23
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