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KayeSloan I am seeking photos and information about Kilmahew Castle ruins. I am a descendant of the Kilmahew Napier Clan. Thank you for any help you can give.
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Kaye Sloan
Peter I should thing that if the others have not answered this before me, is because like me they can't find a castle with that name.
Keep lookin'
Peter
Peter Just checked on the name.
I can find no reference to the name in the data base at present.
And that was a world wide check!
Peter
Marko A simple search through Google brought up this one:
Napierski Homepage
It's in German and the picture is about 2/3 down.
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Peter Cheers Marko,
must admit I looked for the name in a names data-base, where there was no mention. Have since looked in my Scottish castles books, where again there is no mention.
But the picture shown shows a decent ruin, so that is strange. Will have too have another look through the books.
Peter
ipflo The Castles of Scotland (2nd edition) of Martin Coventtry says this:
About 1 mile north of Cardross, on minor roads north of the A813, 0.5 miles east of Kirkton, north west of Kilmahew House.
Kilmahew Castle consists of a ruined 15th-centruy keep of five storeys and formerly a garret. It had a corbelled-out parapet, and therer has been a machiolated projection above the entrance. The castle was remodelled as a Gothic mansion, but was never completed.
The basement does not appear to have been vaulted, but it contained the kitchen. The hall was on the first floor.
Kilmahew was a property of the Napier family from the late 13th century intil 1820. The property was sold to James Burn in 1859, who built a new mansion nearby.
ipflo
KayeSloan Thanks to all who have replied to my inquiry about Kilmahew Castle. I appreciate the information. I too had seen the photograph on the German Napierski page, but that's all I've been able to find thus far.
Kaye