MacLellans

#107 MacLellan's Castle
Kirkcudbright, Dumphries & Galloway, Scotland
1582
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MacLellan's Castle is decribed by Plantagenet Somerset Fry [Castles of Britain and Ireland] as another 'borderline' castle. It could easily be taken at first glance to be an old ruinous mansion, but is closer to the defendable castle category by the presence of 10 gunloops on the ground floor, lack of direct access between the basement and hall, and a spyhole in an inglenook (referred to as the Laird's Lug on the First Floor Plan below) off the great hall. The castle was built in 1582 using stone taken from Greyfrair's Monastery on the property when Sir Thomas MacLellan bought it in 1569. The castle is a large L-plan tower house with two towers in the re-entrant angle and a five story tower on the opposite corner.

MacLellan's son Robert was made the first Lord Kirkcudbright in 1633. He successfully gained several land grants in Ireland. Protecting the Irish lands and supporting the Covenanters' cause after 1638 drained the family fortunes, however. In 1741 the then Lord Kirkcudbright was making gloves in Edinburgh, and the family abandoned the castle in 1752, removing the roof (to avoid further taxes) and taking the furniture. The deteriorating castle briefly passed on to the Maxwell and Douglas families before being put in State guardianship in 1912.

Photos of the Lego Model Built January-February, 2006 I .

North View	East View	Southeast View

South View	West View	The small formal garden


Ground Floor Plan	First Floor Plan	Second Floor Plan	Third Floor Plan


Northwest Elevation	Southeast Elevation