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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LENNOX TOWER | Lennox Tower Lennox Tower Lamphoy Castle (in ruins) Lennox Tower or Lymphoy Lennox Tower |
Mr Scott Mr R. Palmer Co. [County] map Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] 1845 Fullarton's Gazetteer |
005 | [Situation] 5/8 of a Mile S.W. by W. [South West by West] of Currie. This tower is said to have been at one time the property of the Lennox family, and a place of great Strength: it is also said to have been an occasional residence of Queen Mary, and a favorite [favourite] hunting place of her son and successor James 6th. It appears to have been surrounded by a moat, and there are still traces of a deep ditch (On the north side of the road leading from Currie to Lennox Tower and Malleny, were five large stones set perpendicularly in the ground along with a cairn a little to the South of this spot tradition says were erected to commemorate some battle fought here - On removing the stones about 30 years ago a number of stone coffins were discovered and which are still to be seen - They were discovered in 1820 and the proprietor Lieut. [Lieutenant] General Scott of Malleny erected a stone with a suitable inscription, in order to point out the spot and to facilitate the researches of the curious into the nature of such interesting Relics of Antiquity. |
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