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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLLOCHAN CASTLE (SITE OF) | Collochan Castle (Site of) Collochan Castle (Site of) |
Thomas Corrie Clunney Dumfries Samuel Dickson Killfoard Dumfries John Hope Taylor Clunney Dumfries Mr McKetterick Millar Glen Mills Dumfries David McKeachie Glen Mills Dumfries |
027 | This name applies to the site of an old castle or place of strength in Cargen Glen, which the inhabitants of its locality says 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, and Mr McKetterick, says that it is also handed down by Tradition, that one of its proprietors had strangled his Lady who was one of Lord Kirkcudbright's daughters, over one of its Windows. and that he had also undergone pennance by closing himself up in the subterraneous passage until his death some stones or track of building is yet Discernable but covered with clay and is on the top of an artificial mound which is nearly all surrounded by a Fosse or Trench with the exception of the precipitous side which is very steep facing the Glen The property of Marmaduke Maxwell Esqr of Terregles |
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[page] 49List of Names collected by David Hannay C.A. [Civilian Assistant] -- June 29th 1848
Parish of Terregles
Plan -- Trace
27C -- 1
Object
Collochan Castle - Tract of an Old castle
[signed] D. Hannay C. Asst. [Civilian Assistant]
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