Lochnaw Castle
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Lochnaw Castle is a 16th Century tower house five miles from the town of Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway.
Lochnaw Castle shows four periods of construction - a simple 16th century keep, 17th and 18th century domestic dwellings, and a mansion-house, which was later demolished. There is a plaque bearing the date 1486, on the SE wall of the keep. A chapel, built in 1704, was demolished c. 1953.
An earlier, ruined castle stands on an island in the nearby Lochnaw Loch. A royal castle, this was given to the Agnews
in 1363, but was sacked by Archiblad The Grim, 3rd Earl of Douglas
in 1390, and subsequently dismantled.
The Agnews held the new castle til the end of the 19th century. The castle, located by the loch, is occupied as a private residence.
Lochnaw Castle shows four periods of construction - a simple 16th century keep, 17th and 18th century domestic dwellings, and a mansion-house, which was later demolished. There is a plaque bearing the date 1486, on the SE wall of the keep. A chapel, built in 1704, was demolished c. 1953.
An earlier, ruined castle stands on an island in the nearby Lochnaw Loch. A royal castle, this was given to the Agnews
Clan Agnew
Clan Agnew is a Lowland Scottish clan from Wigtownshire and Galloway in the southwest of Scotland.-Origins:There are two theories as to the origins of the name Agnew. The most widely accepted is that the name is French and derives from the Barony d'Agneaux in Normandy. Emigrants from the region...
in 1363, but was sacked by Archiblad The Grim, 3rd Earl of Douglas
Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas
Archibald the Grim also known as Blak Archibald , 3rd Earl of Douglas, Earl of Wigtown, Lord of Douglas, Lord of Bothwell and Lord of Galloway was a late medieval Scottish magnate....
in 1390, and subsequently dismantled.
The Agnews held the new castle til the end of the 19th century. The castle, located by the loch, is occupied as a private residence.