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enacted that "every landed man dwelling in the inland or upon the borders having there a hundred pound land of new extent shall build a sufficient barmkin upon his heritage and lands in the most suitable place, of stone and lime, containing three score foot of the square, one
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thick and six ells high, for the protection and defence of him, his tenants and their goods in troublesome times, with a tower in the same for himself if he thinks it expedient."
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word which refers to a form of medieval and later defensive enclosure, typically found around smaller castles,
282: 148: 83:. The barmkin would have contained ancillary buildings, and could be used to protect cattle during raids. 252: 287: 115: 168: 8: 127: 87: 231: 107: 103: 25: 44: 276: 99: 56: 111: 48: 190: 52: 211: 131: 68: 73: 60: 21: 228:
The Border Towers of Scotland 2: Their Evolution and Architecture
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Form of medieval and later defensive enclosure; Scots word
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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
213:The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707 274: 250: 225: 169:"Barmekin of Echt, fort, Barmekin Hill (SM57)" 197:. Dictionaries of the Scots Language. 1937. 126:The "Barmekin of Echt", near the village of 28:, showing the barmkin wall in the foreground 71:the word may be a corruption of the word 20: 253:"The Hill Fort on the Barmekin of Echt" 226:Maxwell-Irving, Alastair M. T. (2014). 293:Fortification (architectural elements) 275: 201:from the original on 18 December 2021. 179:from the original on 13 February 2020. 110:, Midlothian. The barmkin survives at 13: 98:Places which had barmkins include 14: 309: 244: 219: 205: 183: 161: 1: 154: 121: 67:. It has been suggested that 298:Warfare in medieval Scotland 149:Curtain wall (fortification) 7: 173:Historic Environment Portal 137: 10: 314: 106:, Scottish Borders, and 86:In 1535 a Parliament of 251:Simpson, W. D. (1920). 29: 116:Dumfries and Galloway 24: 283:Castles in Scotland 130:, is a prehistoric 128:Echt, Aberdeenshire 88:James V of Scotland 132:hill fortification 30: 237:978-1-907931-37-6 63:and the north of 305: 267: 266: 248: 242: 241: 223: 217: 209: 203: 202: 187: 181: 180: 165: 313: 312: 308: 307: 306: 304: 303: 302: 273: 272: 271: 270: 249: 245: 238: 224: 220: 210: 206: 189: 188: 184: 167: 166: 162: 157: 140: 124: 108:Crichton Castle 104:Smailholm Tower 35:, also spelled 26:Smailholm Tower 17: 12: 11: 5: 311: 301: 300: 295: 290: 288:Scots language 285: 269: 268: 243: 236: 218: 204: 182: 159: 158: 156: 153: 152: 151: 146: 139: 136: 123: 120: 69:etymologically 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 310: 299: 296: 294: 291: 289: 286: 284: 281: 280: 278: 264: 260: 259: 254: 247: 239: 233: 229: 222: 216: 214: 208: 200: 196: 192: 186: 178: 174: 170: 164: 160: 150: 147: 145: 142: 141: 135: 133: 129: 119: 117: 113: 109: 105: 101: 100:Halton Castle 96: 94: 89: 84: 82: 81: 76: 75: 70: 66: 62: 58: 57:bastle houses 54: 50: 46: 42: 38: 34: 27: 23: 19: 262: 256: 246: 227: 221: 212: 207: 194: 185: 172: 163: 125: 102:, Cheshire, 97: 85: 78: 72: 49:tower houses 40: 36: 32: 31: 18: 112:Hills Tower 53:pele towers 277:Categories 155:References 122:Other uses 191:"barmkin" 265:: 45–50. 199:Archived 177:Archived 138:See also 74:barbican 61:Scotland 41:barnekin 37:barmekin 65:England 43:, is a 33:Barmkin 234:  55:, and 45:Scots 232:ISBN 144:Bawn 80:berm 114:in 93:ell 77:or 59:in 39:or 279:: 263:54 261:. 255:. 193:. 175:. 171:. 118:. 51:, 240:.

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Smailholm Tower
Scots
tower houses
pele towers
bastle houses
Scotland
England
etymologically
barbican
berm
James V of Scotland
ell
Halton Castle
Smailholm Tower
Crichton Castle
Hills Tower
Dumfries and Galloway
Echt, Aberdeenshire
hill fortification
Bawn
Curtain wall (fortification)
"Barmekin of Echt, fort, Barmekin Hill (SM57)"
Archived
"barmkin"
Archived
The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2020), 1535/31.
ISBN
978-1-907931-37-6
"The Hill Fort on the Barmekin of Echt"

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