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Castle Kennedy is a ruined 17th-century
This E-plan castle was originally on an island in a
File:Lavender! Get your lavender! (6559826033).jpg, Flower bed in the Walled Garden
File:Box hedge and sundial in the Walled Garden, Castle Kennedy - geograph.org.uk - 2684796.jpg, Box hedge and sundial in the Walled Garden
File:Castle Kennedy Gardens (33214399331).jpg, Footbridge
File:Castle Kennedy Gardens (32528097873).jpg, Castle Kennedy Gardens
File:Castle Kennedy Gardens Canal (30048581747).jpg, Canal
tower house
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, about east of Stranraer
Stranraer ( , in Scotland also ; gd, An t-Sròn Reamhar ), also known as The Toon, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located in the historical parish of Inch in the historic county of Wigtownshire. It lies on the shores of L ...
, Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...
, Scotland
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, around north of the village Castle Kennedy
Castle Kennedy is a small village east of Stranraer in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is on the A75 road, and is within the civil parishes in Scotland, civil parish of Inch, Wigtownshire, Inch. The village is to the south of the ...
.Coventry, Martin (1997) ''The Castles of Scotland''. Goblinshead. p.109
History
The property belonged to theKennedys
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from 1482; the castle was started in 1607, on the site of an earlier stronghold, by John Kennedy, 5th Earl of Cassilis
John Kennedy, 5th Earl of Cassilis (1575 – 14 November 1615) was a Scottish peer, the son of Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassilis and Margaret Lyon.
He succeeded to the titles of 7th Lord Kennedy and 5th Earl of Cassillis on 14 December 1576. ...
. After a brief period in the hands of the Hamiltons of Bargany the property passed to the Dalrymples of Stair
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around 1677. The castle was gutted by fire in 1716, and it was never restored. Lochinch Castle is about north.
Structure
This E-plan castle was originally on an island in a loch
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. The main block has four storeys
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and an attic
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; there are two five-storey projecting square wings; and two seven-storey square towers in the re-entrant angles. One of the seven-storey towers contains the main turnpike
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* In the United States, a toll road
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stair. Three-storey wings are a later addition.
There are large windows, evenly spaced, and shot-holes. From the main entrance a vaulted
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passage runs through the basement
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; it communicated with a newel-stair in the south west re-entrant turret. All of the basement rooms, including the large kitchen, are vaulted.
It is thought that the public rooms were situated within the main block, which had a single large chamber at each level. There were a series of bedchambers and associated closets in the wings. There is no evidence of any enclosure; there is a walled garden to the south which dates from the 18th century.
See also
*List of castles in Scotland
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*Castles in Great Britain and Ireland
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