OS1/9/14/74
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRUMRY | Drumry Drumry Drumry |
Valuation Roll Mr. Kirkwood. Factor Revd. [Reverend] Dr. [Doctor] Sym |
023 | A good Farm Steading the property of Mr. Colquhoun of Killermont. |
| CASTLE (Remains of) [Drumry] | Castle (Part of) | 023 | There is a small square building here about three storys high which, upon the authority of the Revd. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Sym, is part of a Castle, or that it belonged to a Castle which of old was here. The Revd. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] who wrote the N. [New] Stat. [Statistical] Account, which see, does not know the site of the Chapel which he mentions in the Account. The people of the locality call the antiquity (the part of the Castle) the "Old Preaching House" from a tradition that the Covenanters used it. There are parts of turrets remaining on the top of the building at the north side. No information can be had of this building except from the Revd. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Sym, who believes it to be of considerable age. |
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[Page] 74Co [County] Dumbarton & Stirling -- New Kilpatrick Parish
"At Drumry, near Garscadden are some
ruins, said to be those of a chapel, which
there undoubtedly was at that place; but which
had every appearance of being part of a
keep or peel; what now remains being
a patched tower overhanging a steep bank.
At a period considerably remote, the
lands of Drumry belonged to a branch of
Callender family."
New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]
"At Drumry, near Garscadden, are the ruins of a Chapel
which seems to have been in existence before 1746."
Orig. Par. Scot. [Origines Parochiales Scotiae]
Transcriber's notes
The final reference to the chapel (castle) ".. seems to have been in existence before 1746" should probably be 1476 from the original.Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
Alison James- Moderator, Jim-B
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