Ancient castles and mansions of Stirling nobility / described and illustrated by J.S. Fleming (1902)
Fleming, James Sturk · Paisley : A. Gardner, 1902 · leaf 278
and those of Mar-garet Young, his wife. The tower of the stables adjoining has thecoat of arms forming the sketch, page 279, along with the comparativelyrecent date 1758, being the arms or crest of the Strachen family ofThornton, and refers to the possession of the estate by Mr. JohnStrachen. The… … 274 ANCIENT CASTLES AND MANSIONS OF STIRLING NOBILITY. old lake with its reduced waters. The rapid destruction of the treesthrough natural decay and the lawless acts of the adjoining inhabitants,in cutting down the saplings and slaying the royal deer, were subjectsof complaint, in 1637, against the…
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