Aitken, John Carlyle 1887,
'Some Notes on the Abbey of Holywood and on the Welshes of Colliestoun and Craigenputtock',
Trans. D&G Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Soc.
1887-1888 pp 110-125.

Anon. 1922,
'Holywood, Cowhill Tower,
The Isle, Blackwood, Dalswinton, and Quarrelwood',
Trans. D&G Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Soc.
7 Sept, 1922 pp 207-213.

Black, George F. 1890,
'Holywood Abbey',
Trans. D&G Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Soc.
1890-91 pp 126-129.

Crowe, Chris, 2002,
'Holywood, an early Mediaeval Monastery:
Problems and Possibilities'
Trans. D&G Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Soc.  
Series III, vol. 76, pp. 113-117.

Easson, D. E. 1957,
'A Note on the Mediaeval Hospitals of Dumfriesshire and Galloway',
 Trans. D&G Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Soc.
1957 pp 209-210.

Grose, Francis 1789,
The Antiquities of Scotland, p170.

Kirkpatrick Harold 1980,
'Holywood (Dumfriesshire) Kirk Session Minutes 1698 to 1812',
Trans. D&G Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Soc.
1980 pp 97-123

Marti, J. W. 1897,
'Ruins and Stones of Holywood Abbey',
Trans D&G Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Soc.
12 Mar, 1897 pp 67-70.

Martin, J. W. 1906,
'Excavations at Holywood',
Trans. D&G Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Soc.
26 Jan, 1906 pp 103-104.

'Revirosco' 1922,
'Holywood: A Forgotten Dumfriesshire Abbey', 
Gallavidian 1922 pp 25-40.