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
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 and is now used as a private residence.

References

External links

Castleuk.net's Page

Photograph of the tower before restoration at scran.ac.uk