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Near Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire.
Newark is an impressive castle, developed out from a single tower of the fifteenth entry, but now with ranges forming three sides of a courtyard, the last side form...
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Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway.
Held and built by the MacLellans, but was bought by the Maxwells of Orchardton in 1752 then was sold to the Douglas Earl of Selkirk thirty years later.
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Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway; large ruinous tower house.
Held and built by the MacLellan's, but was bought by the Maxwell's of Orchardton in 1752 then was sold to the Douglas Earls of Selkirk ...
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The history of its builders can be traced to Undwin and his son Maccus in the eleventh century; Maccus gave his name to the barony of Maccuswell, or Maxwell. His grandson, John de Maccuswell (d.1241),...
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Gradually during the year Burns’ health became poorer and in April he was unable to continue with his Excise duties. His wife Jean was pregnant again and Jessy Lewars, the sister of an Excise colleagu...