Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Evelaw

Evelaw (popularly Ively), an old tower in Westruther parish, Berwickshire, 10½ miles ENE of LAuder. One of the castellated houses common on the Border prior to the union of Scotland and England, it still is tolerably entire.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "an old tower"   (ADL Feature Type: "towers")
Administrative units: Westruther ScoP       Berwickshire ScoCnty
Place names: EVELAW     |     IVELY

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