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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| KENMURE CASTLE | Kenmure Castle Kenmure Castle Kenmure Castle Kenmure Castle Kenmure Castle Kenmure Castle Kenmure Castle |
James Gaulds John McCulloch s.n William Candlish Esqr. s,n New Galloway Sinclair's Statistl. [Statistical] Account of Scotland. - John Muir s. n. Ph [Parish] Teacher Kells Stat: [Statistical] Acct: [Account] page 110 Sinclairs Stat; [Statistical] Acct [Account] Vol [Volume] 4 p [page] 259 |
024 | [Situation] About 3/4 mile N N W. [North North West] of the north end of Loch Ken A delightful Castellated Mansion at the head of Loch Ken about 1/2 Mile, South of the Burgh of New - Galloway. It Stands on an insulated Circular Mount which is partly Natural and partly artificial, and it appears to have been anciently Surrounded by a Fosse Supplied with water from the Ken, but is now dry &. filled up with earth. The Castle is approached by a beautiful Avenue, and has around it a fine plantation, and forms in feature one of the most picturesque landscapes in the South of Scotland . It is a Conglomeration of several buildings of different ages. the older parts exhibiting the turreted Character which distinguished the 15th Century, and all of it having a Castellated form and imposing aspect. When or by whom the original portion of the present pile or rather the whole of a previous one, which it must have Supplanted, was built is a matter not Known. In early times and even at a Comparatively Modern date, it Suffered Much from the ravages of War, having been burnt both in the reign of Queen Mary, and during the administration of Cromwell. Originally it is said to have been a Seat or Stronghold of the Lords of Galloway. John Baliol who Succeeded to a great part of the estates of those feudal princes, is reported to have often made it his Residence. Kenmure after the triumph of the dynasty of Bruce, passed into the possession of the Douglasses; upon their forfeiture it was granted by the Crown to the Maxwells of CaerlaverocK, and in the end of the 14th Century or the beginning of the 16th Century it was purchased along with the lands of Lochinvar by a Younger Brother of Sir Alexander de Gordon of BerwicKshire the ancestors of the DuKes of Gordon, which it has ever Since remained in the family. A great part of this Castle has of late been repaired (by the late Lord Kenmure) and fitted up in an elegant Style, it Still retains its ancient granduer and is admired for the extent &. Strength of its building, and locality of its Situation, which is allowed to be one of the finest in the South of Scotland. - attached to this Castle is a large and well ornamented Garden & Demesne. It is about 4 Stories in height. is at present occupied |
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