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Warmanbie
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Warmanbie
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) 'Wormonby'
Canmore ID 86787
Site Number NY16NE 147
NGR NY 195 689
NGR Description NY c. 195 689
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/86787
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Annan
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Note (4 January 1996)
NY c. 185 689 NY16NE 147
A tower at 'Wormonby' is depicted on a map of 1590 and also appears in Blaeu's Atlas which shows it as standing within a park. The site of the tower has not been identified but it may have stood near the country house of Warmanbie (NY16NE 104.00),
Information from RCAHMS (IF), 4 January 1996.
(J and R Hyslop 1912; J M Corrie 1916; J Stone 1991).
Warmanbie. Listed as tower.
RCAHMS 1997.
