Template:Did you know nominations/Coxton Tower
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:17, 24 August 2019 (UTC)
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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)
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)
