Thomaston Castle (8)
You can see exactly where the courtyard wall met the wing in this photo. There was also a lean-to building built against the courtyard wall, the first room of which must have been a guard room, as there was a doorway through the wall of the wing into the entrance pend.
The second laird was Thomas Corry de Kelwood and Newbie. Obviously Kelwood and Newbie (both in Dumfrieshire) were properties of greater significance to the family than Thomaston - or any of the other properties they owned in Ayrshire, Dumfrieshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. Thomas and his wife Margaret Napier, daughter of John Napier of Merchiston, received charters to his various lands from King James V between 1536 and 1542. He was killed in 1547 'under the king's banner' at the battle of, what was then called Fawside, but is generally known these days as Pinkie or Pinkie Cleugh.
Thomaston Castle (8)
You can see exactly where the courtyard wall met the wing in this photo. There was also a lean-to building built against the courtyard wall, the first room of which must have been a guard room, as there was a doorway through the wall of the wing into the entrance pend.
The second laird was Thomas Corry de Kelwood and Newbie. Obviously Kelwood and Newbie (both in Dumfrieshire) were properties of greater significance to the family than Thomaston - or any of the other properties they owned in Ayrshire, Dumfrieshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. Thomas and his wife Margaret Napier, daughter of John Napier of Merchiston, received charters to his various lands from King James V between 1536 and 1542. He was killed in 1547 'under the king's banner' at the battle of, what was then called Fawside, but is generally known these days as Pinkie or Pinkie Cleugh.