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Publication Account
Date 1978
Event ID 1017897
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017897
Tradition holds that Fergus, Lord of Galloway, had a castle on Moat Brae in the twelfth century. Nothing above ground remains of this alleged structure, and through the years the site has served as the location for the friary, parish church, as well as work houses and places of business. Further damage to the motte has come through the extension of the line of High Street (Robison, 1926, 47).
Information from ‘Historic Kirkcudbright: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1978).
