Repentance Tower

#4726 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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The Repentance Tower is a very rare example of a mid-16th century watch tower standing on Trailtrow Hill, six miles north-west of Annan, Dumfries and Galloway. Built in 1565 by John Maxwell, the tower takes its name from an inscription Repentance carved on the stonework above the entrance door. ()

Built: 1565 (459 years ago)Coordinates: 55°2'15"N, 3°19'23"W

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Repentance Tower – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Galabank, Ruthwell Cross, Hoddom Castle, Lochmaben Castle.

3.8 miSE
Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue, Sport
Galabank, Annan
98 min walk • Galabank is a football stadium in the town of Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is the home ground of Scottish Professional Football League club Annan Athletic, who have played there since 1953.
4.2 miSW
Church
Ruthwell Cross, Ruthwell
108 min walk • The Ruthwell Cross is a stone Anglo-Saxon cross probably dating from the 8th century, when the village of Ruthwell, now in Scotland, was part of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria.
0.5 miN
Forts and castles
Hoddom Castle, Annan
12 min walk • Hoddom Castle is a large tower house in Dumfries and Galloway, south Scotland. It is located by the River Annan, 4 kilometres south-west of Ecclefechan and the same distance north-west of Brydekirk in the parish of Cummertrees.
6.9 miNW
Forts and castles
Lochmaben Castle
177 min walk • Lochmaben Castle is a ruined castle in the town of Lochmaben, the feudal Lordship of Annandale, and the united county of Dumfries and Galloway.
5.1 miSW
Reportedly haunted, Forts and castles
Comlongon Castle, Ruthwell
131 min walk • Comlongon Castle is a tower house dating from the later 15th century or early 16th century. It is located 1 kilometre west of the village of Clarencefield, and 10 kilometres south-east of Dumfries, in south west Scotland. The original tower has been extended by the addition of a baronial style mansion, completed around 1900.
5.4 miE
Forts and castles
Bonshaw Tower
138 min walk • Bonshaw Tower is an oblong tower house, probably dating from the mid-16th century, one mile south of Kirtlebridge, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, above the Kirtle Water. It is adjacent to a 19th-century mansion.
4.5 miSW
54°59'35"N • 3°24'19"W
Savings Banks Museum, Ruthwell
115 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
4.3 miNE
Memorial
Blatobulgium
110 min walk • Blatobulgium was a Roman fort, located at the modern-day site known as Birrens, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
2.7 miNE
Village
Ecclefechan
70 min walk • One of the highlights of a visit to Ecclefechan is a trip to the famous Thomas Carlyle's Birthplace. Thomas Carlyle was a renowned philosopher, historian, and essayist, and his birthplace has been preserved as a museum dedicated to his life and work.
5.2 miE
Village
Eaglesfield
132 min walk • Eaglesfield is a village in south east Dumfriesshire in the local authority area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
4.1 miSE
Sport venue, Sport
Everholm Stadium, Annan
106 min walk • Gretna Football Club 2008 is a football club from the town of Gretna. It was founded in 2008 after the bankruptcy and demise of Gretna, which had existed since 1946.