Lockerbie Tower
Tower House (Medieval)
Site Name Lockerbie Tower
Classification Tower House (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Mains Street; Mains Meadow; Mains Tower
Canmore ID 66829
Site Number NY18SW 23
NGR NY 1364 8143
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/66829
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Dryfesdale
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY18SW 23 1364 8143.
(NY 136 814) The remains of Lockerbie Tower, home of a branch of the Johnstone family in the 16th century, adjoins the police station on the east, and was at one time used as cells.
RCAHMS 1920; TSA 1962
The tower lies to the south of the present Police Station, at NY 1364 8143.
Visited by OS (RD) 23 May 1966
A new Police Station has been built on the site of the tower.
Visited by OS Reviser (WHB) 6 March 1968.
Photographic Survey (February 1964)
Photographic survey by the Scottish National Buildings Record in February 1964.
Note (1997)
NY 1364 8143 NY18SW 23
Listed as tower.
RCAHMS 1997.
