Castle Kennedy
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 Castle Kennedy by Francis Grose (1789) |
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  Castle Kennedy |
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| Council area | Dumfries and Galloway |
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| Lieutenancy area | Wigtown |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Stranraer |
| Postcode district | DG9 |
| Dialling code | 01776 |
| Police | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
| UK Parliament | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Scottish Parliament | Galloway and West Dumfries |
Coordinates: 54°53′47″N 4°57′06″W / 54.8965°N 4.9517°W
Castle Kennedy is a village three miles east of Stranraer in Inch, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
History
There is a castle there - indeed there are two. Castle Kennedy itself, built in 1607, was burned down in 1716 and remains a ruin to this day.
Prior to the Reformation the two lochs, Black Loch and White Loch, were together known as Loch Crindil / Crindill. A small island in the White Loch ( Innysmacrinyl AD1415 ) gave the parish the name 'the Inch or Inche or Insche' (Gaelic innis) otherwise 'island'.
The owners decided to build Lochinch Castle, Inch Parish, in 1864 as a replacement rather than restoring the old castle.[1]
The grounds of the castle, which were laid out in the 1730s by John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair,[1] are open to the public. Because of the Gulf Stream and the proximity of the sea on two sides, the gardens enjoy a mild climate which permits the cultivation of rhododendrons and other plants not often seen in Scotland.
A drawing of the ruins of old "Castle Kenedy, September 15, 1789" by Francis Grose is in book Antiquities of Scotland. vol.2.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Castle Kennedy". Visit Stranraer and the Rhins. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
- ↑ Antiquities of Scotland. vol.2. Galloway. Wigtonshire. pub. by J. Hooper c.1789-1791, pp.190-191
External links
- CastleKennedy & Gardens website
- Castle Kennedy map - Roy Military Survey of Scotland 1745-55 (National Library of Scotland)