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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELLISTON CASTLE (Ruins) | Elliston Castle (Ruins) Elliston Castle (Ruins) Elliston Castle (Ruins) Castle of Eliston Elliotston Town |
New Stat Acct. [New Statistical Account] Mr. Ledgerwood. Factor. Mr. Craig : Surveyor Origines Parochiales Scotiae _ County Map _ |
011.14 | Elliston Castle is a small square building It was the residence of the Sempill family before 1500, and stands on the opposite side of the loch from the present mansion house. It must have been built before the use of gunpowder, but when repairs were made in later times, gun. ports were formed in its walls. Its length is 42 feet over the walls, its breadth 33 ft. [feet], and its height from 20 to 30 feet, being higher in some places than others. The end walls are from 8 to 9 ft. [feet] thick, and the side walls about 6½ ft. [feet] In the east & west walls there is an opening opposite to another, and arched over the top, wh. [which] might have been doors, but which from this elevation, in the walls, appear like large windows" N. S. acct. [New Statistical Account] The north & south walls appear to be from 20 to 30 feet high, but in a very ruinous & tottering Condition. The other walls, including those which are supposed (by Mr. Love & others) to have enclosed the court yard, are scarcely any height above the ground, and are scarcely visible among the heaps of rubbish, stones, etc which as it were prop them up & preserve them from being swept away altogether. |
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"The Castle of Eliston, the ancient seat of the chief family of Sempil, was on
the eastern bank of the lake."
Origines Parochiales Scotiae
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