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Folly Tower, Logan House

A Category C Listed Building in Kirkmaiden, Dumfries and Galloway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.7442 / 54°44'39"N

Longitude: -4.9646 / 4°57'52"W

OS Eastings: 209272

OS Northings: 542835

OS Grid: NX092428

Mapcode National: GBR GJ35.BPM

Mapcode Global: WH2T6.Q02V

Plus Code: 9C6QP2VP+M4

Entry Name: Folly Tower, Logan House

Listing Name: Logan, Folly Tower

Listing Date: 17 December 1979

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 346733

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB13562

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200346733

Location: Kirkmaiden

County: Dumfries and Galloway

Electoral Ward: Stranraer and the Rhins

Parish: Kirkmaiden

Traditional County: Wigtownshire

Tagged with: Folly

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Description

Early to earlier 19th century. Squat circular crenellated tower.

Rubble. Angled rubble merlons to crenellated parapet (some merlons disintegrating). Curved forestair clasped to outside of tower to S; parapet to forestair, with angled rubble coping; coped course below forestair parapet; short length of coped wall adjoined at foot of forestair to SE. Rubble walls, with angled rubble coping, adjoined to tower to NE and SW.

Statement of Interest

Formerly listed as "Logan House Tower". The tower is marked as "Round Tower" on the OS Map of 1848, as "Tower" on the OS Map of 1906, and as "Folly Tower" on the OS Map of 1978. The tower is becoming dilapidated (1992). See separate listings for Logan: Bridge; Hen Knowe Cottages;

Logan House; Logan Botanic Garden; Logan Court (former Coach House and Stables); Logan Fish Pond, Cottage and Bathing Hut.

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