Greenrigg

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Grenewich; Greenwrae

In the civil parish of Half Morton.
In the historic county of Dumfriesshire (Modern Authority of Dumfries and Galloway, 1974 county of Dumfries and Galloway).

Vanished tower shown on map of 1590 as Grenewich. Located by some sources in Cumbria. A map of 1590 places the tower of 'Grenewich' on the E side of the River Sark, but it more probably stood W of the river, on the modern farm of Greenwrae.

This site has been described as a;
Pele Tower.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY332729

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 67569

Books

Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern) p99 [slight]
Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS)
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, 1981, The archaeological sites and monuments of Ewesdale and Lower Eskdale, Annandale and Eskdale District, Dumfries and Galloway Region (Edinburgh) p24 no146
Hyslop and Hyslop, J and R., 1912, Langholm as it was: a history of Langholm and Eskdale from the earliest times (Sunderland; Edinburgh; Glasgow) p320

Journal Articles

Graham, T H B, 1911-12, 'The Debatable Land' Trans Cumberland Westmorland Antiq Archaeol Society Vol12 p49
Ellis, H., 1829, 'Copy of a manuscript tract addressed to Lord Burghley, illustrative of the Border topography of Scotland, AD 1590, with a platt or map of the Borders taken in the same year' Archaeologia Vol22 p161-2

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