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Abbot's Tower
Near New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
UK grid reference NX972666
Abbot's Tower in 2008
Abbot's Tower is located in Scotland
Abbot's Tower
Abbot's Tower
TypeL-Plan Tower house
Site information
OwnerPrivate
Open to
the public
No
ConditionRestored
Site history
BuiltAround 1580
In useuntil c.1627; reoccupied in 1990s
MaterialsStone

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