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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRANTON CASTLE (Ruins of) | Granton Castle (in Ruins) | J Scrimgower, Caroline Park J. Todd, Muirhouse Mains |
002 | The ruins of an old Castle occupying a site on a rocky eminence close to the sea shore, and by all appearance seems to have been erected in a style in order to resist aggressive parties, it has a castellated wall about 20ft [feet] high on the west and south side through which are two principal entrances. The house is about 3 storeys high with small windows numerous swivel holes and walls of considerable thickness This place seems by the style of Architecture to have been erected soon after the English invasion of 1544 (see Woods History of Cramond) and was the residence and property of Sir Thomas Hope in 1619, hi Majesty's advocate for Scotland. This great lawyer made Granton his principal residence, particularly during the struggle between Charles 1st and the Covenanters it has been in ruins for the last half century, and is the property of his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch |
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[Page] 29P. [Plan] 2.A
List of Names collected by John C Darnan RS&M [Royal Sappers & Miners] Examiner
[Parish] Cramond
[Object] Castle.
[Signed] JC Darnan May 28th 1853
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