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Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 44 - Parish of Sanquhar, OS1/10/44

Continued entries/extra info

[Page:] 219
Parish of Sanquhar -- Plan 6/15 Trace 4

[SANQUHAR CASTLE Ruins of - continued from previous Page 218, in Descriptive Remarks column:]
Description Continued

Certainly be known, but it must be of great
antiquity, as old, and perhaps older, than the
original structure of Ryehill, It was inhabited
if not built, by Dunegal, Chieftain of Sranith [Stranith],
or Nithsdale, in the time of David 1st and
David came to the throne in the year 1124,
and died 1152, and this leads us back to upwards
of seven centuries in the history of the hold,

[WALLACE TOWER - Situation:]
At the South
Corner of Sanquhar
Castle.

[CASTLEBANK - Situation:]
3, Chains East of
Sanquhar Castle

[Page is signed:]
Samuel S Hill
Lce. Corpl [Lance Corporal] RS&M [Royal Sappers and Miners]

Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county, OS Name Books - Dumfries county - Volume 44 - Parish of Sanquhar, OS1/10/44

This volume contains information on place names found in the Dumfriesshire parish of Sanquhar.

Ordnance Survey - Dumfries county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Dumfries, which is in the south west of Scotland.

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