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Auchenrivock Tower
Near Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
UK
Auchenrivock Tower is located in Scotland
Auchenrivock Tower
Auchenrivock Tower
Coordinates 55°06′55″N 2°59′07″W / 55.115353°N 2.985301°W / 55.115353; -2.985301
Type L-Plan Tower house
Site information
Owner Buccleuch estate
Open to
the public
No
Condition Ruined
Site history
Built Late 16th Century
Materials Stone

Auchenrivock Tower is a ruined late 16th century tower house situated near Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway. The remains of the tower, which rise 8 feet at their highest, are currently built into a garden wall.

An earlier stronghold of the Irvings of Eskdale, called Stakehugh, lay near the current site.

The place name Auchenrivock is derived from the Scottish Gaelic, Achadh Riabhach, meaning "brindled field".

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