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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| LOCHWOOD CASTLE (Remains of) | Lochwood Tower Lochwood Tower Lochwood Castle (in Ruin Antiquity of 14th Century) |
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024 | This is the remains of an Ancient Stronghold, a baronial residence of the feudal lairds of the family of Johnstones of Annandale. Nothing now remains, except a small portion of its Eastern side, which nearly levelled with the adjoining ground; and a small cellar covered with a mass of fragments and rubbish. History and tradition state it to have been built in the 14th Century, and to have been a place of great strength having prodigious thick walls, and being surrounded with almost impossible bogs and marshes, some of which are now reclaimed. This circumstance induced King James VI, to say, that the man, who built Lochwood though outwardly honest must have been a knave at heart. His Majesty's remark in this case, may be correct, as History states that the Johnstones of Annandale committed sundry depradations or robberies, particularly on Drumlanrig, Closeburn, Lagg and Sanquhar, all of which, have been stronghold residences of feudal lairds contemporary and of the same consequence as the Castle of Lochwood. In 1585 the Laird Johnstone, chief of the powerful sept of that name, was ordered by Government to apprehend, John Sixth Lord Maxwell Warden of the West Marches and Earl of Morton. the laird of Johnstone was himself shortly afterwards defeated and taken prisoner, and his house of Lochwood set on fire that lady Johnstone might have light to put on her hoodi.. Sir James Johnston of Lochwood Castle, son of the Chief already mentioned was Knighted at the Coronation of the consort of James VI in 1590 And at the head of 40 mounted troopers fought in 1593 against Maxwells of Nithsdale, on the plain of Dryfe Sands in the Parish of Dryfesdale, where upwards of 700 of them were killed, among the slain, was Lord Maxwell a nobleman of great spirit and piety. M Donohue December 1856 |
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