Records relating to Balsarroch House, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
551 442
Description Records relating to Balsarroch House, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Date 1985
Collection Records relating to Balsarroch House, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Catalogue Number 551 442
Category All Other
Scope and Content Photographic prints of Balsarroch House, Wigtonshire.
Archive History No formal accession record has yet been identified, but cataloguing indicates prints were donated to RCAHMS by the photographer, R J W Deacon, between 1985 and c1990. The negatives were retained by the donor.
Access Conditions Open, but note that access may be subject to provisions outlined in the Data Protection Act and conservation requirements. Please contact the archive to confirm access in advance of a visit.
Administrative History Balsarroch House, Wigtonshire. The ruins of a late seventeenth century laird's house, presumably built by the Campbell family who possessed the lands of Balsarroch during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The property passed to the family of Ross in the early eighteenth century; the Arctic voyagers, Rear-Admiral Sir John Ross (1777-1856) and Sir James Clark Ross (1800-1862) were descendants of the Rosses of Balsarroch.
Accruals No accruals are anticipated.
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