Note 1034 — Chapter X · MOTTE-CASTLES IN SCOTLAND

Benedict of Peterborough, i., 67. See Mr Neilson’s papers in the Dumfries Standard, June 28, 1899. Mr Neilson remarks: “It may well be that the original castle of Dumfries was one of Malcolm IV.’s forts, and that the mote of Troqueer, at the other side of a ford of the river, was the first little strength of the series by which the Norman grip of the province was sought to be maintained.”