Following the launch of trove.scot in February 2025 we are now planning the retiral of some of our webservices. Canmore will be switched off on 24th June 2025. Information about the closure can be found on the HES website: Retiral of HES web services | Historic Environment Scotland
Dormont
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Dormont
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) 'Ye Dormonte'
Canmore ID 86781
Site Number NY17SW 35
NGR NY 112 749
NGR Description NY c. 112 749
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/86781
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Dalton
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Note (4 January 1996)
NY 112 749 NY17SW 35
There are no visible remains of the tower of 'ye Dormonte' that is depicted on a map of 1590 and also in Blaeu's Atlas. It may have stood in the vicinity of Dormont Grange (NY17SW 24).
Information from RCAHMS (IF), 4 January 1996.
(J and R Hyslop 1912; J M Corrie 1916; J Stone 1991).
Listed as tower.
RCAHMS 1997.
