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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 726770
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/726770
NX65SE 28 68237 51068.
(NX 6823 5106) Kirkcudbright Castle (NR)
(In Ruins) AD 1582.
OS 25" map (1893-4)
Maclellan's House, or Kirkcudbright Castle, is an excellent example of 16th century domestic architecture built in 1582 by Sir Thomas Maclellan. The modified L-shape building is four storeys high with two additional attics.
RCAHMS 1914, visited 1911
Maclellan's Castle, a ruin since 1752 is scheduled.
V G Childe and W D Simpson 1954
Maclellan's House stands on the site of the convent of Greyfriars which, being in ruins, was in 1569 granted to Sir Thomas (but see NX65SE 41 - Friary - site of).
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887
The ruined building is as described above; it is known as Maclellan's Castle.
Visited by OS (EGC) 8 February 1965
