Abbot's Tower

Abbot's Tower
Near New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
UK grid reference NX972666
Abbot's Tower in 2008
Abbot's Tower
Coordinates 54°59′02″N 3°36′21″W / 54.98376°N 3.605837°W / 54.98376; -3.605837
Type L-Plan Tower house
Site information
Owner Private
Open to
the public		 No
Condition Restored
Site history
Built Around 1580
In use until c.1627; reoccupied in 1990s
Materials Stone

Abbot's Tower is a late-16th-century tower house situated near New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It was restored in the early 1990s by Peter Kormylo and is now used as a private residence.

This structure should not be confused with the Abbot's tower of Alnwick Castle.

References

  • Coventry, Martin (2001) The Castles of Scotland, 3rd Ed. Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-26-7
  • Maxwell-Irving, A. M. T. (2000) The Border Towers of Scotland, Creedon Publications ISBN 1-899316-31-0
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