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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAILES CASTLE (Ruins of) | Hailes Castle Hailes Castle Hailes Castle Hails Castle Hailes castle |
Alexander Lumsden Robert Durie Stat Acct. [Statistical Account] of County Johnston's Co. [County] Map Full. [Fullarton's] Gazetteer |
010 | [situation] A little N. [North] of Hailes Cottage The remains of an ancient castle on the southern margin of the River Tyne, About one half of the building is still standing the walls of which are of great thickness, the site of the remainder is easily traced, "Hailes Castle, famous for once having been the temporary residence of Queen Mary when carried off by the Earl of Bothwell, then possessor of the Castle" see Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] |
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[Page] 11Parish of Prestonkirk
47 - Hailes Castle
"The Castle of Hailes the ruins whereof stand on the southern bank of the Tyne was also a feudal
during the middle ages and was demolished during the same civil wars." - Chalmers Caledonia vol [volume] II. p. [page] 407
"Under the head of the antiquities of the parish may also be mentioned Hailes Castle which bears the
marKs of having been once a large building and a place of strength. It stands close upon the bank of the Tyne
about two miles above Linton and was in former times the seat of the Earl of Bothwell so well Known in his
tory for his daring and flagitious enterprise in Carrying off the unfortunate Mary. It now belongs to Miss
Dalrymple patroness of the parish, eldest daughter of the lately deceased Sir David Dalrymple of Hailes
a venerable name - which will convey to this and succeeding ages the now memorial of talents which
would [continued on page 12]
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