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    Kenmure Castle is a fortified house or castle in The Glenkens, 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the town of New Galloway in Kirkcudbrightshire, Galloway, south-west...
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    Clan Gordon (section Castles)
    Aberdeenshire, was held by the Gordon Earls of Aberdeen from 1733 to 1889. Kenmure Castle, a mile south of New Galloway was originally held by the Balliols but...
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    John Gordon, 1st Viscount of Kenmure (1599–1634) was a Scottish nobleman, renowned Presbyterian, and founder of the town of New Galloway. Sir John Gordon...
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    Caerlaverock Castle is a moated triangular castle first built in the 13th century. It is located on the southern coast of Scotland, eleven kilometres (seven...
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    (when the nearby Kenmure Castle was first built), but the village was formally founded in the 17th century by the Viscount of Kenmure and granted Royal...
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    Drumlanrig Castle is situated on the Queensberry Estate in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The category A listed castle is the Dumfriesshire home of...
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  • Syme stayed with Gordon and his wife at Kenmure Castle in July 1793 while on their tour of Galloway. Lord Kenmure died childless in September 1840, in his...
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  • Viscount of Kenmure was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created by Charles I in 1633 for the prominent Presbyterian Sir John Gordon, 2nd Baronet...
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    Gordon was the only son of Alexander Gordon, 5th Viscount of Kenmure of Kenmure Castle and succeeded his father on his death in 1698, but was not able...
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  • was killed at the battle of Pinkie on 10 September 1547. His home was Kenmure Castle. In 1560, after the Scottish Reformation, he took possession of Glenluce...
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    the Bay of Biscay, in the gale which proved fatal to the Kenmure Castle. The Bywell Castle carried a crew of 40 men and her cargo consisted of Egyptian...
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    Lochinvar (category Castles in Dumfries and Galloway)
    Lochinvar, there is no evidence for the events described in the poem. Kenmure Castle, later home of the Gordons of Lochinvar UKLakes.net "Lochinvar Reservoir...
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    the northern end of the loch stands Kenmure Castle. John Murray was gamekeeper to the Gordons at Kenmure Castle and is remembered for having caught in...
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    Comlongon Castle is a tower house dating from the later 15th century or early 16th century. It is located 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) west of the village of...
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    School. During this time he lived in converted stables in the grounds of Kenmure Castle. Moving to Edinburgh at age twelve he attended James Gillespie's High...
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    Lochmaben Castle is a ruined castle in the town of Lochmaben, the feudal Lordship of Annandale, and the united county of Dumfries and Galloway. It was...
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    Garlies Castle. Wreaths Tower, Kirkbean. Orchardtown Tower, Buittle. Threave Castle. Kenmure Castle, Kells parish. Cardoness Castle. McLellan's Castle, Kirkcudbright...
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    Threave Castle is situated on an island in the River Dee, 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) west of Castle Douglas in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire...
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    Sanquhar Castle, now a ruin, was built in the 13th century; the ruins are situated north east of Dumfries overlooking the River Nith. Situated on the southern...
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    Castle Kennedy is a ruined 17th-century tower house, about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, around 0.5 miles (0.8 km)...
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    Cardoness Castle is a well-preserved 15th-century tower house just south west of Gatehouse of Fleet, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in...
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    Morton Castle is located by an artificial loch in the hills above Nithsdale, in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It lies 2.5 miles (4 km) north-east...
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    Dunskey Castle is a ruined, 12th-century tower house or castle, located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of the village of Portpatrick, Rhinns, Wigtownshire,...
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    MacLellan's Castle in the town of Kirkcudbright, in Galloway, Scotland, was built in the late 16th century. It stands in the centre of Kirkcudbright, on...
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  • Jane (occasionally Jean) Campbell, Viscountess Kenmure, sometimes called Lady Montgomery (? – February, 1675) was a Scottish patron of ministers. She...
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    Kirkpatrick Irongray Church. Isle of Whithorn Castle Kenmure Castle – a seat of the Clan Gordon Loch Ken MacLellan's Castle, Kirkcudbright Motte of Urr Mull of...
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    Lochwood Tower, also known as Lochwood Castle, is a ruined 16th-century L-plan tower house situated in Annandale (Valley of the River Annan) about 6 miles...
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    Castle is a large ruined rectangular tower at the centre of the village of Torthorwald just outside Dumfries in south west Scotland. The first castle...
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    Lochnaw Castle is a 16th-century tower house five miles from the town of Stranraer, in the historical county of Wigtownshire, Scotland. The central square...
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    Gilnockie Tower (category Castles in Dumfries and Galloway)
    bank of the River Esk. It was originally known as Hollows Tower. Gilnockie Castle is a separate, but nearby site. The name Gilnockie is from the Scottish...
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