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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| LOCHORE CASTLE (In Ruins) | Lochore Castle in Ruins Lochore Castle in Ruins Lochore Castle in Ruins Lochore Castle in Ruins |
Mr Bayley W.S. [Writer to the Signet] Factor Mr Shand Lochcraig Mr Douie Dollomuir Road Surveyors Plan |
031 | Close to the northern margin of the Water of Ore, on a small Knoll near the eastern corner of a flat piece of land until about seventy years ago a loch, are standing the ruins of Lochore Castle surrounded by a strong wall with port-holes at present much dilapidated. Fullarton in his Gazetteer says "there was until lately a considerable loch in this parish (Ballingry) called Loch Ore, from which a small stream Ore issues, but it has been in great part drained" (now wholly drained). Towards the eastern extremity of this loch was a small island upin which stood the remains of an ancient Castle supposed to have been founded in the reign of Malcolm III. The family of Loch Orr was of [continued] |
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page 27Parish of Ballingry
Lochore Castle (in ruins) situation 1 7/8 Miles S.W. [South West] of South Bogside.
[Quotation] "This building consists of an old tower, and several lower houses. it was built by Duncan de Lochore, former proprietor of the estate, in the reign of Malcolm III: but the estate passing into the hands of the Wardlaws of Torry, it from them received considerable repairs; and the name of Robertus Wardlaw is upon the chief entry to the tower. At present it is ruinous, but forms a beautiful object in the Lake." Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]
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MaxInSpain , Jill S
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