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Loch Leven Castle continued. "The most remarkable piece of Antiquity is the Castle of Lochleven, said to have been the antient seat of Congal, son of Dongart, King of the Picts, who is said to have founded it. It is encompassed with a rampart of stone, nearly of a quadrangular form. The principal tower a Kind of Square building, stands upon the N. [North] wall, very near the N.W. [North West] corner, and there is a lesser round one at the S.E. [South East]. The other apartments were arranged along the N. [North] wall, between the west tower and the N.E. [North East] corner. A Kitchen, supposed to have been built later than the rest of the Castle, stood on the W. [West] wall, near the S.W. [South West] corner; and another building to have been the Chapel, between that and the great tower fronting the South. In the lower part of the square tower is a dungeon with a well in it" &c. Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Vol. [Volume] 6. Page 170

"The island on which the ruins of the Castle stand is about 2 acres in extent; and here, it is said, a fortress was first built by Congal, the son of Dongart, King of the Picts. In the wars which harassed Scotland, during the minority of David II., the Castle of Loch Leven was held in the patriotic interest by Allen de Vipont, against the troops of Edward III., who acted on behalf of Edward Baliol ", &c. Full. [Fullartons] Gazetteer of Scotland.