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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLLOCHAN CASTLE (Supposed site of Castle) | Collochan Castle Collochan Castle Collochan Castle Collochan Castle Collochan Castle Collochan Castle Old Castle |
Thomas Corrie Samuel DicKson John Hope Dr [Doctor] McKeachie Mr McKetterick Mr McGowan Ainslies Map 1796 |
027 | [Situation] 1 5/8 Miles N,E [North East] of Lochfoot The site of an old castle or place of [strength] in Cargen Glen, which the inhabitants [of] its locality says that it is handed [down] by tradition as being the site of an [old] castle which had a subterraneous [passage] leading from it to Terregles Old chapel. Samuel DicKson John Hope etc, says that it [is] also handed down, that one of its [proprietors] had strangled his lady who was [daughter] of Lord KirKcudbright Over one of its [windows] and that he had also undergone [pennence] by closing himself up in the [subterraneous] vault or passage untill his death. The track of some of the building is still slightly visible, and is on the top of an artificial mound which [is] all surrounded by a fosse or trench with the exception of its precipitous side facing the water of Cargen. The property [of] M. Maxwell Esqr of Terregles. By the appearance of this place at present one would be led to think it was an old fort defended naturally on one [side] by a precipice & on the other by a ditch; but the tradition shows that there had been some building [here] But from the want of authentic record there can be no certainty concerning the existence of a castle & if it really did exist it is uncertain what was the name then, as the name Collochan [Castle] applies now to the remains only. |
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[page] 4Parish of Terregles
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