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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Castle Contd. [Continued] | [continued from page 98] About 30 years ago offices for the Saddell Mansion were added these buildings having been constructed with material taken from the Saddell Monastery which gives them the antique appearance of the Castle. The mansion garden is attached to the Castle |
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[Page] 99Parish of Saddell & Skipness -- Argyllshire
"The Castle of Saddell is a square tower of con-
siderable dimensions, which is said at one time to have been
entirely surrounded by water. This, joined to the circumstance
of its being flanked with a strong range of battlements all
round the top, must have rendered it an impregnable fortress.
From these battlements one of the Macdonalds, who had a
gun which he facetiously called the cuckoo, let her voice
be heard to the destruction of any suspicious person
who unwarily approached his dwelling"
New Stat [Statistical] Account.
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Alison James- Moderator, hillhere
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