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Copshaw Tower (site of)

Copshaw Tower was a tower belonging to the Elliot family, although nothing of it now remains.

Johnnie Elliot of Copshaw, also known as John Elliot of Park or Jock o’ the Park, was a notorious Border reiver who along with other Elliots was summoned in 1566 by James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell and Warden of the Middle March, to appear at Hermitage Castle to answer for their crimes. Elliot didn’t appear however and was hunted down by Bothwell and his men.

An altercation took place during which both Elliot and Bothwell were wounded, a skirmish commemorated in the Border ballad “Little Jock Elliot”.

I vanquish’d the Queen’s lieutenant;
Her fierce troopers I made to flee;
My name it is little Jock Elliot,
An’ wha dar’ meddle wi’ me.

I ride on my fleet-footed grey,
My sword hanging down by my knee;
I ne’er was afraid of a fae,
Then wha dar’ meddle wi’ me.

Doon by the Deadwater stank
Jock Fenwick I met on the lea,
His saddle was toom in a clank,
An’ wha dar’ meddle wi’ me.

Little Jock Elliot
Matthew Gotterson, The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 1872

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Alternative names for Copshaw Tower

Capschaw; Copeschaw; Coppshaw; Copschaw; Copshawe; Copshawes; Gopishalch; Gopshaugh; Gopshawe; Park Tower

Clans associated with Copshaw Tower

Elliot

Surnames associated with Copshaw Tower

Elliot

Where is Copshaw Tower?

Copshaw Tower is in the parish of Castleton and the county of Roxburghshire.

Grid reference: NY 4799 8757

Lat / long: 55.179673, -2.818236

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OS Map for Copshaw Tower

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Liddesdale & Kershope Forest (Newcastleton & Canonbie)
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Weather at Copshaw Tower

13°C
max 14°C / min 13°C
6km/h SW
1026mb
83%
100%
03:30 20:54

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Weather observed at Langholm at 21:02
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References (books)

A Hawick Word Book
Douglas Scott
Vancouver, 2021
History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Volume 12)
Various
Alnwick, 1890
The Castles of Scotland
Martin Coventry
Prestongrange, 2015
The History and Antiquities of Roxburghshire and adjacent districts, Volume 4
Alexander Jeffrey
Edinburgh, 1864

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Ancient sites near Copshaw Tower

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Accommodation near Copshaw Tower

Liddesdale Hotel
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0.3km away
The Cross Keys Hotel, Canonbie
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14.4km away
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14.4km away
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bed and breakfastGretna Green
24.8km away
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24.8km away
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24.9km away
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bed and breakfastGretna Green
25.1km away
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25.1km away
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bed and breakfastGretna Green
25.3km away
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25.5km away

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Cafés, restaurants & bars near Copshaw Tower

The Cross Keys Hotel, Canonbie
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14.4km away
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40.8km away
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41.0km away
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42.1km away
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43.3km away
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Published on the 13th of November 2011 at 6:29 pm. Updated on the 25th of July 2022 at 9:59 am.

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