The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887)
MacGibbon, David, d. 1902, Ross, Thomas, 1839-1930 · Edinburgh : D. Douglas · leaf 343
th a shield, and the date 1649. Fig. 252 showsthe tympanum of the window above. The barony of Dalzell was in the possession of afamily of that name from the end of the thirteenthcentury till 1647, when it was acquired from LordDalzell, Earl of Carnwath, by James Hamilton ofBoggs, ancestor of the… … BOGHALL CASTLE, Biggar, Lanarkshire. The town of Biggar occupies an important strategic position, beingsituated in the strath by which the vales of the Clyde and Tweed arealmost joined together. It was at this point that a branch of the Romanroad diverged from the main north route of Watling…
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