OS1/21/12/62

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
EASTSHIELD Eastshield
Eastshield
Eastshield
Eastshield
Rev.[Reverend] Alexander McLean
Rev. [Reverend] James Walker
Mr James Logan
Mr Walter Watson
020.14 A large farmsteading, dwelling house two stories & slated offices one & thatched.
Property and residence of Mr James Logan

Adjoining this farmsteading stands the remains of what was once a Castellated Mansion built in the early part of the 16th Century and was the residence of the Chamberlain of the Sommerville Family. Over one of the door ways it bears the following inscription in antique characters "1567. Thomas Inglis" . The existing remains consist of a tower 30 feet high with a spiral staircase, and a detached portion of the Mansion the walls of which are almost entire, the latter is now used as a cattle shed. Property of Mr James Logan.

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