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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CROOKSTON CASTLE (In ruins) AND MOAT | CrooKston Castle CrooKston Castle CrooKston Castle CrooKston Castle Crockston or CruiKston Castle CrocKstown Castle CrooKston Castle |
Origines Parochiales Scotiae Ainslie's Co [County] Map Mr John Wilson Andrew Kyle Nether CrooKston New Statistical Account Crawford's History of Renfrew Johnston's County Map |
012.08 | The Walls of this Ruin is Still in good preservation Situated on a Commanding Acclivity, having the remains of a ditch well defined Sir John Maxwell is proprietor "Crockston or Cruikston Castle is a lofty but greatly sheltered shattered ruin, finely situated on a wooded slope about three miles South-east from Paisley. The ancient proprietors of this castle and lordship were a family of Norman origin, surnamed De Croc, one of whom, Robert De Croc, was in the time of King Malcolm IV. a subscribing witness to the foundation charter of Paisley Abbey", New Stat [Statistical] Account, P [Page] 193. "Castle of Crockstonn, the principal messwage of the regality of Crockstonn; which regalitycomprehends the lordship of Darnley and Inshenan in this Shire, and the lordship of Torboultown in the Shire of Ayr, where was one of the principal seats of the noble family of Darnley. This ancient building did consist of a large quarter, with two very high and lofty towers, with battlements on the wings thereof, in which there has been many spacious and large rooms: it had a very agreeable prospect through a great part of the country; and had, adjoining it, some square and level pieces of ground, where there were Orchards, and surrounded with pleasant woods." - Crawfords. |
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