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Muirfad Castle
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Muirfad Castle
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Palnure
Canmore ID 63526
Site Number NX46SE 1
NGR NX 4575 6305
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/63526
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkmabreck
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX46SE 1 4575 6305
(NX 45756305) Muirfad Castle (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map (1957)
The site of a castle of the Gordons of Muirfad, the last of who died in 1513. A great part of the building was still standing about 1800, but it has since been removed. The site could still be pointed out in 1849, and it was remembered by the older inhabitants as being a plain building of considerable height.
Name Book 1849
No trace of this castle remains.
Visited by OS (RD) 29 September 1966.
