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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
Yes
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
Kirtlebridge
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
No
DisabledAccess
No
Activities
<p>Directions (Kirtlebridge, DG11 3LY)<br />The entrance to the driveway is immediately beside Kirtlebridge Church, on the road to Annan from the<br />centre of Kirtlebridge. The drive is half a mile long and a little bumpy.</p><p><strong>Special Event</strong><br />The Irving Family and members of Friends of Annandale and Eskdale Museums will be on hand to answer your questions.</p><p>Image (c) <a href="http://www.scran.ac.uk/">www.scran.ac.uk</a></p>
OpeningTime1
12.00-16.00
OpeningDate1
27/9/2009
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
11449
Refreshments
No
Postcode
DG11 3LY
Parking
Yes
DisabledWC
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Bonshaw Tower
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
dumfriesandgalloway
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
1000
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,55.04098,-3.192472;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>The Irving Family would like to invite you into Bonshaw Tower, a complete, three-storey Peel tower dating from the 1500s. The tower is one of the best remaining examples of a Peel tower and contains fine examples of a dungeon, wheel staircase and barrel vault. Positioned on the site of previous towers, it has been lived in by the Irving family for nearly 1,000 years. </p><p>The Irvings were great allies of Robert the Bruce helping him in his quest for Scottish Independence and kept him hidden in Bruce's Cave. Later, the Irvings were one of the infamous Reiving clans, held a key area along the Kirtle Water and it was then that the Tower successfully withstood four sieges by the Maxwell's in 1585-6. </p>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
circa 1500