Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Greenknowe

Greenknowe, a ruined tower in Gordon parish, SW Berwickshire, ¾ mile NW of Gordon station. It was the residence of the famous Covenanter, Walter Pringle of Greenknowe, whose Memoirs were published at Edinburgh in 1723.—Ord. Sur., sh. 25, 1865.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a ruined tower"   (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites")
Administrative units: Gordon Parish       Berwickshire County

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