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Ordnance Survey - Angus county, OS Name Books - Forfar (Angus) county - Volume 5 - Town of Arbroath, OS1/14/5

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Town of Arbroath -- Sheet 46.11 No. 24 Trace 4

Regality Tower [note]
"At the north-west corner and close upon the High Street of the burgh of Arbroath stands a large
tower twenty-four feet square and about 70 feet high. This was in the days of its feudal and ecclesiastical
supremacy, the dungeon or Keep of the Abbey and the prison of its lordship or regality. It is now better
known by the colloquial appellation of the "Tower Nook". The walls are of great strength and thickness and
are supported by large buttresses at the corners. Within are two vaults, to which ingress had been gained
by trap or folding doors through the roof. The door now cut in at the base of the tower is of modern
date. Over the vaults there are two light apartments. In connection with the Regality Prison and on the
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Ordnance Survey - Angus county, OS Name Books - Forfar (Angus) county - Volume 5 - Town of Arbroath, OS1/14/5

This volume contains information on place names found in the Forfarshire town of Arbroath.

Ordnance Survey - Angus county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Angus, which is in the east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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