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Topic: Cally Castle or Cally Palace, Scotland
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AJR
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posted 01-12-2001 07:11 AM
 
Salter advises that this site is at OS Map Reference NX 598554, and that it can be found north-west of the hotel. Apparently only one low wall of a 16th century tower survives. Has anyone got a picture of this site, which is in Dumfries and Galloway. Thanks. |
wurdsmiff
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posted 01-14-2001 12:45 PM
I'm afraid not, but I can tell you that there is a motte on site, and that the later tower house stood on what may have been a marshy site with a series of 'water defenses' fed by the nearby river. The tower (Cally or Kelly) was a property of the Lennox and Murray families, and was replaced by the country house , now a hotel, in 1763. It was designed by Robert Mylne.------------------
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AJR
Senior Member
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posted 01-15-2001 08:03 AM
Gordon, thank you for your response. I've e-mailed the hotel in the hope that someone there might be able to photograph the ruins for me. I await their response. |
wurdsmiff
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posted 01-15-2001 10:46 AM
Good luck, I'm only infrequently in Galloway these days, and usually too busy catching fish when I'm there or I'd pay a visit. ------------------
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