Where is calderwood castle

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Tower House Medieval. Toggle Aerial View on large map. Correction Favourite. Digital Images. SC General view of bridge over river. View full details c. SC View of castle from river. At the top of the castle was a square tower, in which were deposited the archives and records of the family. These Sir William had conveyed away. The family then determined to sit up all night and see the result; when at half past nine in the morning the whole of the east side of the castle went over with a tremendous crash.

There was a range of stables below the castle, where there were some horses, but these were saved, by the stables being arched, and were dug out of the ruins two days afterwards. Thus, if it had not been for a providential interposition of Dr Baillie nine or ten persons would have been crushed to death.

Thanks to Chris Ladds for much of this article. Recently discovered I was a Calderwood! I have been researching my roots and found this article. Thank you for Informing me. November 16, Blantyre Buildings , Blantyre Places. Share this: Facebook Twitter Email Print. Like this: Like Loading June 9, at am. Charles Keller Calderwood.

November 22, at pm. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Loading Comments Sitting on the east Kilbride side of Calderwood Glen, the former castle is no longer there, long since demolished.

How amazing it would have been for this building to have survived and for the paths either side of the River Calder to have been maintained, rather than the current state of affairs, being overgrown, lost entirely or complete lack of maintenance. Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission.

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