OS1/2/18/61
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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CASTLE (Remains of) [Auchenbreck] | Ruins of Auchenbreck Castle | Mr Brown Conechrea Mr McNicol Strondavin |
172 | Tradition asserts this to be the ancient ruins of Auchinbreck castle, at one time the residence of Sir David Campbell. pro-genitor of the Duke of Argyle, whose initials & crest with a date of 1610 are engraved on a stone in the South wall of the present Church: The only vestiges remaining visible is a wall in the centre of the garden & the slope on the north side, shewing the spot where the Castle once stood. The farm house & mill of Auchenbreck were erected by material taken from it. |
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