Robgill Tour

The 16t century Robgill Tour, syne stendit, ruistit on a hill leukin ower the Kirtle Watter

Robgill Tour is a tour hoose near Ecclefechan in the historical coonty o Dumfriesshire in Dumfries an Gallowa in Scotland on the baunks o the Kirtle Watter. It wis ane o a nummer o tours built alang the mairch as pertection again incursions bi the Breetish.[1]

The tour wis awnt for centurys bi Clan Irvine, spelt as Irving an aw, bit a report fae 1834 shaws that it was awnt bi James Smail bi that time. He hid acquire'd it fae Sir Emelius Iriving.[2]

Etymology

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The name is fae the Auld English personal name Hreodbeorht (modren name: Rabert) an the Auld Norse gil(gill). The name wis recordit as Redbeilgill in 1125.

History

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The tour wis likely built aroond 1540 bi the Irvine faimily that awnt Bonshaw Tour, bit some writs shaw that it wis built in 1430. Robgill Tour wis the "blue-prent for Bonshaw Tour" (that is 1,320 yaird awa) that wis built in the same era.[3]

Robgill Tour wis muckle modified in the 19t century. It hs been leetit as a Category B biggin syne 1971. The leetin shawed that the structur - "a middlin-sized big hoose ... wi a crenellatit reteenin waw" - wis buil in several phases maistly in the late 18t an early 19t century, awthou the kirnel wis a 16t century tour.[4]

A subsequent report at the time shawed that the war a "fine stable block dating from the later 19th C. and a sizeable walled garden with a large glasshouse. The stable block has gained a swimming pool and there is a large indoor equestrian area.". The stable block is Category B leetit an aw[5][6], as is the Gate Lodge an Gate Piers. The Wawed Gairden is Category C leetit.[7]

An 1889 beuk aboot the airchitectur o Scotland states that aboot 10 year earlier, the tour wis modified: "willfully pulled down to the level of the hall floor" tae allou for a haw that wad connect it til the new, adjynin hoose that wis being built.[8]

A 1973 meenit o the haudin shawed that the awner wis a Mr Shaw.[9]

A 2013 prospectus provided a hantle o diagrams, photaes, an descrievins o ilk element o the houdin.[10] A 2019 meenit statit that it hid "six receptions roms, an indoor swimming pool, a games room, gym, indoor riding arena, a six-car garage, and a separate two-bedroom gate lodge". The big hoose wis recent sortit an wis said tae hae ootstaundin equestrian faceelitys.[11][12]

References

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  1. ↑ Border Regions
  2. ↑ [ https://books.google.ca/books?id=Msg9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA280&dq=robgill+tower+Kirtle&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjTmp2C6qHnAhVGmuAKHVYdA34Q6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=robgill%20tower%20Kirtle&f=false The new statistical account of Scotland, Volume 2 page 280]
  3. ↑ "Robgill Tower". Archived frae the original on 26 Januar 2020. Retrieved 2 Apryle 2020.
  4. ↑ [ https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/200334941-robgill-tower-and-embankment-wall-dornock#.Xi2xTWhKhPY Robgill Tower and Embankment Wall]
  5. ↑ Robgill Tower, Stable Block
  6. ↑ Robgill Tower
  7. ↑ Robgill Tower, Page 8
  8. ↑ The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland from the ..., Volume 3
  9. ↑ "Robgill Tower". Archived frae the original on 26 Januar 2020. Retrieved 2 Apryle 2020.
  10. ↑ Robgill Tower
  11. ↑ [1]
  12. ↑ "Robgill Tower, Kirtlebridge, Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, DG11". Archived frae the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 2 Apryle 2020.

Coordinates: 55°2′1″N 3°10′39″W / 55.03361°N 3.17750°W / 55.03361; -3.17750