Front matter

Valentine & Sons, Ltd.

FERNIEHIRST CASTLE

Traditions and Stories of Scottish Castles

BY

A. H. MILLAR, LL.D.

AUTHOR OF “GREGARACH” “MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS,” ETC.

SANDS & CO.

37 GEORGE STREET, EDINBURGH

AND LONDON

1927

Made in Great Britain.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. Crookston Castle and Cathcart Castle 9

II. Lochleven and Burleigh 19

III. Dumbarton Castle 32

IV. Neidpath Castle 46

V. Dunnottar Castle 57

VI. Castle Campbell 68

VII. Rothsay Castle 80

VIII. Castle Fraoch-Eilean, Loch Awe 100

IX. Meggernie Castle—Glen Lyon 112

X. Ferniehirst Castle 120

XI. Threave Castle 134

XII. Dunoon Castle 142

XIII. Erchless Castle 162

XIV. Duart Castle 171

XV. Tantallon Castle 178

XVI. Hermitage Castle 185

XVII. Stirling Castle 191

XVIII. St Andrews Castle 205

XIX. Dunbar Castle 230

XX. Inveraray Castle 257

XXI. Fowlis Castle—Carse of Gowrie 280

XXII. Mains Castle—Forfarshire 295

XXIII. Bothwell Castle 310

Index 329

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Ferniehirst Castle Frontispiece

Cathcart Castle Facing page 12

Lochleven Castle ” 20

Burleigh Castle ” 26

Dumbarton Castle ” 32

Neidpath Castle ” 48

Dunnottar Castle ” 64

Castle Campbell ” 72

Rothesay Castle ” 80

Fraoch-Eilean Castle ” 104

Meggernie Castle ” 112

Threave Castle ” 136

Dunoon Castle ” 144

Erchless Castle ” 164

Duart Castle ” 172

Tantallon Castle ” 180

Hermitage Castle ” 188

Stirling Castle ” 200

St Andrews Castle ” 208

Dunbar Castle ” 232

Inveraray Castle ” 272

Fowlis Castle ” 288

Mains Castle ” 296

Bothwell Castle ” 320

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