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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASTLE STEWART | (in ruins) to be written in german text. | rev sam richardson. sam howard esq. mc kenzies hist of galloway vol 1 p 2. ainslies map 1782. |
008 | an old square castle three stories high with the corners rounded . the walls a great portion of which are now standing are about 5 feet thick & built with shell lime.- it was the residence of the stewarts of castle stewart but now belongs to col stepford blair. of penninghame house. |
Continued entries/extra info
this was a family residence in the seventeenth centuryat about the end of the that century a younger brother of
the earl of galloway married the heiress of castle stewart.
from whom it came into possetion of the earls of galloway.
and about 13 years ago it was purchased by james blair esq. of
penninghame house.
statistics wigton 1841 page 177
signed gmch 1824.
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joseph mc keown
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