Description

Dated 1827. 2-stage crenellated octagonal tower. Stugged sqared and coursed red sandstone rubble. Droved rybats and quoins. Ashlar raised cills and crenellated battlement.

Doorway to NE with lintel inscribed "1827"; boarded door. Slit in recessed panel to all elevations at 2nd stage.

Statement of Interest

The Watch Tower was built by Dalkeith Churchyard Association to inhibit the rifling of graves by "resurrectionists". Access to the upper floor was by means of a ladder and trap-door. The Tower was restored in 1986. A similar watch tower (only circular), built for the same purpose, can be found in St Cuthbert's graveyard, Edinburgh.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17827643

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)