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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Murrays of Cockpool. The castle was abandoned in the mid 15th century after Comlongon Castle was built to replace the earlier castle of Cockpool. Only earthworks...
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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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Clan Murray (section Castles)
of the fifth Viscount supported the Jacobites, escaping to France. Comlongon Castle, eight miles south-east of Dumfries was held by the Murrays of Cockpool...
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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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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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processions fit for such prominent figure. His heart was interred in Comlongon Castle. He left his eldest daughter, three paintings of her mother Henrietta...
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who were seated originally at Cockpool Castle, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. They moved to Comlongon Castle in the 15th century. The family descend...
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Hoddom Castle is a large tower house in Dumfries and Galloway, south Scotland. It is located by the River Annan, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south-west of Ecclefechan...
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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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