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Coxton Tower

Coxton Tower
Coxton Tower
  • ... that Coxton Tower (pictured) in Moray, Scotland, was built entirely of stone, without any timber, to minimise the risk of fire? Source: "The tower seems to have been built with an excessive paranoia of fire: no timber is used in its construction, and even the roof is made of stone." (Walker and Woodworth book cited in the article, p510)
    • ALT1:... that Coxton Tower (pictured) in Moray, despite having been uninhabited since 1867, was used to house Canadian troops stationed in Scotland during the Second World War? Source: (In Appendix 3, 'Castles used for military purposes during WW2': "Coxton Tower - Canadian soldiers were stationed there" (Inglis PhD thesis, page 263)
  • Reviewed: My fifth DYK nom, last one permitted without QPQ. Time to read the guidelines for reviewing...

Improved to Good Article status by Girth Summit (talk). Self-nominated at 22:15, 4 August 2019 (UTC).

  • Reviewing
  • GA rating confirmed; length, citations, writing style and neutrality all good. No copyvio.
  • Hooks are correctly formatted, interesting, of appropriate length and supported by inline citations. The citation for the original not available online, so taken on trust.
  • Image listed as PD on Commons
  • QPQ exempt
  • I'm surprised it doesn't feature in McGibbon & Ross. You may wish to include the HES A listing designation number and date in the infobox. (The infobox template 'historic site' provides for this)
  • Symbol confirmed.svg Very readable. informative article. Papamac (talk) 08:21, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for the suggestion Papamac - I've switched the infobox, now showing the designation numbers. I hadn't come across McGibbon & Ross before, but just took a look on Google books - I'll remember that, looks like a good source to refer to in future, but you're right I couldn't see Coxton in there. GirthSummit (blether) 16:41, 5 August 2019 (UTC)