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Blacket-House, a ruined tower in Middlebie parish, Dumfriesshire, with the date 1404 and the initials W[illiam] B[ell] above its outer doorway. A Bell of Blacket-House was the rejected suitor and the murderer of 'Fair Helen of Kirkconnel Lee.'
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a ruined tower" (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites") |
Administrative units: | Middlebie ScoP Dumfries Shire ScoCnty |
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