The Gatehouse website record for Greenrigg

Greenrigg

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Grenewich; Greenwrae

In the civil parish of Half Morton. In the historic county of Dumfriesshire (Modern Authority of Dumfries and Galloway, 1974 county of Dumfries and Galloway).

This site has been described as a;
Pele Tower.

Confidence: It is probable that this site was a medieval fortification or palace.

Nothing visible remains.

Vanished tower shown on map of 1590 as Grenewich. Located by some sources as in Cumbria.
A map of 1590 places the tower of 'Grenewich' on the E side of the River Sark, but it more probably stood W of the river, on the modern farm of Greenwrae. (Canmore)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY332729

Air Photo from

Air Photo and general mapping

1st edition OS Map from

Mid to late 19th century maps

Modern Map from

Landscape form and features

Modern Map from

General location and route planning

Geograph British Isles
occasionally has photos of the site and will usually give an idea of the surrounding landscape.

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 67569; 67569 [Canmore]
Further information may be available from the holder of the county Historic Environment Record. In particular 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website, or elsewhere.

Web site links

http://homepage.mac.com/philipdavis/Images/1590Map.jpg
http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/pls/portal/newcanmore.newcandig_details_gis?inumlink=67569

Books

Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern) p99 [slight]
RCAHMS, 1997, Eastern Dumfriesshire: an archaeological landscape (Edinburgh) p314, no1363
Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS)
RCAHMS, 1981, The archaeological sites and monuments of Ewesdale and Lower Eskdale, Annandale and Eskdale District, Dumfries and Galloway Region (Edinburgh) p24 no146
Hyslop and Hyslop, J and R., 1912, Langholm as it was: a history of Langholm and Eskdale from the earliest times (Sunderland; Edinburgh; Glasgow) p320
Jeffrey, A., 1864, History and Antiquities of Roxburghshire Vol4 p232 [facsimile of map] http://books.google.com/books?id=y4QLAAAAYAAJ

Journal Articles

Graham, T H B, 1911-12, 'The Debatable Land' Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol12 p49
Ellis, H., 1829, 'Copy of a manuscript tract addressed to Lord Burghley, illustrative of the Border topography of Scotland, AD 1590, with a platt or map of the Borders taken in the same year' Archaeologia Vol22 p161-71 http://books.google.com/books?id=xl8VAAAAQAAJ

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Greenrigg

Vanished tower shown on map of 1590 as Grenewich. Located by some sources as in Cumbria.A map of 1590 places the tower of 'Grenewich' on the E side of the River Sark, but it more probably stood W of the river, on the modern farm of Greenwrae. (Canmore)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY332729

Sources of information, references and further reading

Vanished tower shown on map of 1590 as Grenewich. Located by some sources as in Cumbria.
A map of 1590 places the tower of 'Grenewich' on the E side of the River Sark, but it more probably stood W of the river, on the modern farm of Greenwrae. (Canmore)