A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Moss-Tower, a farm in Eckford parish, Roxburghshire, 3 furlongs NE of Eckford village. A peel-house here, situated in a marsh, and accessible only by a causeway, seems to have been one of the strongest fortresses on the Scottish border. Tradition makes it a residence of one of the Earls of Bothwell; but history knows it only as belonging to the Scotts of Buccleuch, whose descendant, the Duke of Buccleuch, still owns the farm. It was thrice destroyed by the English, in 1523, 1544, and 1570. Strongly rebuilt after the first and the second demolitions, but allowed to remain a ruin after the third. at length, in the latter part of last century, it was all taken down as building material for the neighbouring farm-offices.—Ord. Sur., sh. 25, 1865.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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