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Latitude: 54.9738 / 54°58'25"N
Longitude: -5.1336 / 5°8'0"W
OS Eastings: 199543
OS Northings: 568852
OS Grid: NW995688
Mapcode National: GBR FHPK.K9Q
Mapcode Global: WH1QV.37PT
Plus Code: 9C6PXVF8+GH
Entry Name: Marian Tower
Listing Name: Marian Tower
Listing Date: 17 December 1979
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 346727
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB13556
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200346727
Location: Kirkcolm
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Stranraer and the Rhins
Parish: Kirkcolm
Traditional County: Wigtownshire
Tagged with: Monument
1808 (dated). Circular tower monument. Rendered rubble. Rough rubble base. Circular base, with sandstone coping. Ashlar band course encircling top of tower. Ogee-capped. Ashlar finial base (formerly surmounted by ball finial). Sandstone panel to S, inscribed "Marian Hill 1808".
Marian Tower is situated on Craigengerroch hill, to the south-east of Balsarroch House (see separate listing), former home of the Ross family. According to local tradition, Marian Tower apparently marks the spot where Marian, the wife of Sir John Ross, the Arctic voyager, awaited his return from sea. Marian Tower is said to have been built by Sir John Ross in memory of his wife. The tower is marked as "Marian Tower" on the OS Map of 1847.
The finial base is currently askew, and the ball finial is apparently still located nearby (1992).
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