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The Armstrong Clan Society
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Dedicated to the Armstrongs, Crosiers, Fairbairns, Grosiers, Nixons and those interested in these surnames. Armstrong Clan Society - One Hundred Thousand Welcomes! |
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The Armstrong Clan Society has been organized to: 1) Seek friendship and unity among Armstrongs and associated families. 2) Provide for the preservation of Armstrong artifacts unique to the family and to maintain a library. 3) Serve as a genealogical and historical recorder of the membership, 4) Provide quarterly news, Armstrong history and genealogy via The Armstrong Chronicles, 5) Establish geographic membership representation. Membership All Armstrongs, Croziers, Fairbairns, Groziers and Nixons, regardless of spelling, and their descendants, are eligible for full membership in The Society. All others interested in furthering the goals of The Society may become associate members. In the United States and Canada, dues are $25 per year, including two adults and all minor children. In all other countries dues are $35 per year, payable in US funds. You can click here to download a membership application in PDF format and view more membership information. Any questions? Email Peter Armstrong at parmstrong2@sc.rr.com or mail to Peter A. Armstrong 128 Essex Dr Summerville, SC 29485
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Tower of Johnnie ArmstrongFound among DeWitt Armstrong's archives by Milton Armstrong. Published in The Armstrong Chronicles,
December, 2005. This Tower of Johnnie
Armstrong, built about 1526-28, has long been called Gilnockie. Actually,
as a clan chieftain, Johnnie probably held many such fortified dwellings
in Eskdale and Ewesdale. Some researchers claim that this tower should be
called Hollows (or Hole House) Tower. Across the Esk and just a little
downstream, on an even more formidable and
almost impregnable site was Gilnockie Castle. The castle was a little over 70 feet in
height and around twice the ground dimensions of this tower (70 feet by 46
feet). The castle was ruined during border warfare, and its stones were
used during the 1790s to construct Gilnockie Bridge over the Esk. Today
the only intact Armstrong fortification is this Tower at Hollows, now
modernized with interior plaster, electricity, and modern plumbing. It
contains five useable, high-ceilinged stories above ground. The lowest
story has a vaulted masonry ceiling supporting a stone floor in the main
hall above, designed to thwart hostile efforts to burn out the defenders.
The Tower is located on the west bank of the Esk River between Langholm
and Canonbie (where the Liddel River joins the Esk), in Scotland, just two
miles from the current border with England.
Tower of Johnnie Armstrong
New 30 Oct 2006 |
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