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Hartwoodmyres
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Teviotia, Vulgo, Tivedail
Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1654map image courtesy of NLS
Joan Blaeu, Amsterdam, 1654map image courtesy of NLS
There may have been a tower at Hartwoodmyres but its exact location has been lost.
William Scott of Hartwoodmyres is on record in 1593.
I have placed the site of the tower at Hartwoodmyres House, where there is a reused lintel carved with the date 1695, pending further research.
Alternative names for Hartwoodmyres
Harthopemyres; Hartwoodmyres House; Hartwoodmyirs; Hartwoodmyres; Heartwoodmyrs