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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MINDORK CASTLE | Old Castle Old Castle Mindork Castle in ruins Mindork Castle [Site of] |
John McKie William Matthewson Ainslies map 1782 George McHaffie Esqr. |
018 | [Situation] On Wood Hill about 1 3/4 miles SE by S [South East by South] of Craighlaw. This name applies to the site of an old castle on Wood Hill & farm of Low Mindork of which little or nothing is known except that Some of the oldest inhabitants in the locality says that it had been a Castle or Fort in ancient times probably the residents of some of the lairds during the feudal system. It is situated in a very lonely and sequestered part of the country a short distance to the north is the grave of a man that hanged himself on a tree on Wood Hill about 80 or 90 years ago. |
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[Note]
Mr J McKie States that he remembers to have seen a good
part of this Castle standing, and some beautiful cut Stones in
its Corners and in the window frames. Mr McKie is 70 Years
of age. Tradition also asserts that a laird named
Dunbar held possession of it at one time, but
he getting indebted to one of the Earls of Galloway
he shut himself up dreading an arrest but was
finally taken and Confined in Wigtown Prison where
he died.
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