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Cranshaws
the north door is the stone with the Royal arms
from the old church. After some milk at the
Manse I rode to Cranshaws farm and got
Simpson the keeper who took me to the Castle.
It now belongs to Mr. [--] Smith of Whitchester, a
partner in the firm of William Younger & Co. [Company], brewers,
who bought it about 10 years ago from Lord Morton.
The walls are harled and the whole building
appears to be in excellent order. It is exactly as
described. Enquiry from the keeper and the
shepherd who had been many years on the
ground satisfied me that the few cairns
which are now on Mainslaughter Law are of
no moment and probably modern. Within
the Castle are preserved the pewter communion
vessels of the old church consisting of two cups,
probably 17 cent [century], a large flagon of later date,
an interesting ewer, and 3 platters. Of the
old church situated near the castle only a
portion of the East wall remains & that about
12 ft. [feet] high. It has been a church 64 ft. [feet] long
and 17 ft. [feet] wide externally. There are no grave
stones of great antiquity but several of early
18th century. one to Simon Robertson who died
in 1724 bears a representation of a man in
an elegant frock coat with arms akimbo.
The camp at the end of the Long Plantation

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