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	Cadzow Castle - Castle Duncan Forums
		An early castle in Cadzow was used as a hunting lodge by David 1 and his successors in the 12th century.
		Cadzow Castle was the occasional residence of David I (1124-53), and his successors down to Robert the Bruce (1306-29) (Hamilton Civic Soc 1932).
		The castle is thought to have been slighted after the siege of 1579 by forces on behalf of the Earl of Mar, Regent of James VI and his allies, against the Hamilton family.
	www.castleduncan.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=1432 (3696 words)

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		CADZOW CASTLE From as early as the 12th century there are references to a castle at Cadzow, for instance, it is claimed that David I erected a royal castle in his favourite hunting grounds of Cadzow.
		In 1 568 the castle was attacked by the Regent Moray subsequent to the Battle of Langside and in 1570 it was to Cadzow that Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh fled after assassinating Moray in Linlithgow.
		The castle was defended first by means of its location, on the steep bank on the bend of the river and by means of an outer turreted wall with a drawbridge entrance.
	dev1.eraserver.net /clanhamilton/Archive/hbmedval.txt (5778 words)

	Hamilton - LoveToKnow 1911
		S.E. of Hamilton, within the western High Park, on the summit of a precipitous rock 200 ft. in height, the foot of which is washed by the Avon, stand the ruins of Cadzow Castle, the subject of a spirited ballad by Sir Walter Scott.
		The castle had been a royal residence for at least two centuries before Bannockburn (1314), but immediately after the battle Robert Bruce granted it to Sir Walter FitzGilbert Hamilton, the son of the founder of the family, in return for the fealty.
		Opposite Cadzow Castle, in the eastern High Park, on the right bank of the Avon, is Chatelherault, consisting of stables and offices, and imitating in outline the palace of that name in France.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Hamilton (597 words)

	Cadzow Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cadzow Castle is a medieval ruin situated a few miles outside Hamilton, Scotland.
		Now owned by Historic Scotland, Cadzow Castle was built in the 13th Century as a royal residence for Alexander II and Alexander III.
		Rebuilt by Sir James Hamilton of Finnart around 1530, it is here that Mary Queen of Scots stayed after her dramatic escape from Loch Leven Castle in 1568.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cadzow_Castle (140 words)

	The Chatelaine's Scottish Castles: Clan Connections and Genealogy
		Castle of Fiddes was once held by the Arbuthnotts but sold in the late 17th century.
		The ruins of 16th century Greenan Castle at Greenan in Ayrshire (2.5 miles SW of Ayr railway station) stand on the site of an earlier castle which was owned by the Davidsons.
		Lochore Castle, 3 miles north of Cowdenbeath in Lochore Country Park, Fife, was occupied by the Malcolms of Balbedie in the mid 17th century.
	www.castles.org /Chatelaine/families.htm (1089 words)

	scottish castles a scottish tourist information guide. castles in scotland (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The castle was nearly burned to the ground in 1571, killing Margaret Forbes and 26 retainers and servants.
		Fairy tale castle in the Grampian region of Scotland is one of the masterworks of Scottish baronial architecture and the zenith of Caledonian style of fortified-house architecture.
		An early castle on this rocky outcropping was captured by Wallace from the English in 1296.
	www.scotsinformation.com /castles%20a-g.htm (3519 words)

	Cadzow Secret
		Cadzow Castle, near Hamilton, was until now thought to be an eighteenth century folly but it has now been discovered to be a stronghold destroyed in battle more than 150 years earlier.
		As the castle existed for only around 50 years, it constitutes a unique historical record of life and architecture in the period.
		Confusion has surrounded the castle's history because it was thought to be largely insignificant prior to rebuilding in the eighteenth-century to make it a picturesque ruin within a designed landscape.
	www.smcallister.co.uk /cadzowsecret.htm (522 words)

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		The Castle stands in parkland known as the High Parks, a beautiful estate studded with giant oaks, reputed to be planted by David I to replace the older oaks which formerly formed part of the Caledonian Forest.
		Cadzow Castle was a royal residence until the reign of Robert the Bruce, when it passed to the noted Hamilton Family.
		The origins of the Castle are uncertain but there is reasonable proof that David I built it and that James, Earl of' Arran rebuilt it in the 16th century.
	dev1.eraserver.net /clanhamilton/Archive/hbsurvy.txt (1552 words)

	Clan Hamilton Places
		Parts of the present castle date from 1588 during the ownership of the 2nd Earl of Arran, who was the guardian and regent of Queen Mary.
		The most important was the doubling in size of the castle in 1844 by the 10th Duke of Hamilton and his bride, Princess Marie of Baden.
		Brodick Castle was the home of a different ducal family for only one generation though, for upon the death of Mary, Duchess of Montrose in 1957, the castle has been owned and preserved by the National Trust for Scotland.
	www.geocities.com /hamiltonweb2000/_private/CLANHAMILTONPLACES.HTM (873 words)

	Cadzow Castle
		When Cadzow Castle was built is lost in antiquity, after the death of King David 1.
		The Castle was afterwards repaired and was lastly besieged in 1579 by the troops of Regent Morton.
		The Castle was completed dismantled and the garrison were led prisoners to Stirling, with their hands tied behind them, and the brave commander was publicly executed there.
	www.smcallister.co.uk /cadzowcastle.htm (428 words)

	Darngaber Castle
		There is no doubt, however, that it was the residence of a minor branch of the Hamilton Family and tradition asserts that Mary Queen of Scots was once the guest of its proprietor, as also that she enjoyed the sport of hawking and hunting in the adjacent fields.
		On the South side of the parish not far from the castle of Darngaber, in a field on the farm of South Crookedstone, is a large stone, measuring 6 feet high and 12 inches square, which used to be leaning considerably to one side, thereby giving the name Crooked Stone to the district.
		Whether it is the remnant of a Druid circle, the meeting place of the chieftains who inhabited the neighbouring Castle with their retainers, where the laws of the clan were promulgated and put into execution against the defaulters, or a stone over the grave of a departed hero, there is nothing to guide us.
	www.quarter-lanarkshire.supanet.com /darngaber%20castle.htm (1352 words)

	Hamilton Palace : buildings in the park and town
		Cadzow, the original Hamilton, was a medieval settlement which stood on the river plain close to the confluence of the Cadzow Burn and the River Clyde, associated with a castle which is now a tree-shrouded motte or earthwork mound to the north of the mausoleum.
		Confusingly, Cadzow, the name of the medieval barony, came to be applied to a castle in the High Parks which is identifiable as 'the Castle in the Wood of Hamilton', a bolt-hole for the Hamiltons in the 1570s.
		Cadzow Castle is likely to have been a product of Sir James Hamilton of Finnart, half-brother and Guardian of the 2nd Earl of Arran (d.1575).
	www.rcahms.gov.uk:7777 /hamilton/buildings1.html (315 words)

	Scottish Mining Villages - Hamilton Parish
		Cadzow quoad sacra church, containing 800 sittings, was built in 1876-77 at a cost considerably exceeding the estimate, £4000.
		Cadzow Castle was the original capital of Hamilton parish, and gave name to it till 1445, when, in virtue of a charter from James II.
		The chief antiquities are those in Hamilton town and park, and Cadzow Castle, Darngaber Castle, Barncluith Gardens, Meikle Earnock tumulus, and an oblique standing stone in the S of the parish called the 'Crooked Stane' Hamilton is in the synod of Glasgow and Ayr, and gives name to a presbytery.
	www.mining-villages.co.uk /36.html (2432 words)

	Cadzow family history and genealogy
		Sixth century Cadzow lore is found in the Glasgow coat of arms.
		And, find out how Cadzows came to be an associated family of Clan Hamilton, following their acquisition of the Barony of Cadzow in the 13th century.
		There are many Cadzows around the world today, and we present links to their personal web pages or to family information they have provided.
	www.cadzowhistory.org (359 words)

	Hamilton Palace : exteriors
		A medieval castle which now survives as a tree-shrouded motte or earthwork mound to the north of the mausoleum was evidently associated with Cadzow, a medieval settlement, which stood on the river plain close to the confluence of the Cadzow Burn and the River Clyde.
		By the later Middle Ages castle and town had shifted from the 'Nethertoun' to the 'Hietoun' on the western edge of the plain.
		However, symbolised as a grand and noticeably broad and turreted structure on Timothy Pont's late 16th-century map of Clydesdale, 'The Orchard' clearly soon revived from these ordeals and is known to have accommodated King James VI himself on a hunting trip in 1589.
	sites.scran.ac.uk /vhp/exteriors15.html (321 words)

	LESMAHAGOW - The Annals of Lesmahagow - With information on history and events dating from as early as 1179AD
		In 1570, during the struggles between the Queen’s party and the adherents of her son, Sir William Drury was sent from England by Queen Elizabeth, with an army to aid the cause of the youthful James VI.
		Cadzow Castle was besieged and half demolished, and the town and “Place” of Hamilton burnt.
		The Castle of Craignethan, in which the unfortunate Earl of Arran had taken refuge, was invested and taken, its garrison having abandoned it during the night.
	www.lesmahagow.com /history/annals/CH05/05(s02)005.htm (975 words)

	Empyre Pipes and Drums
		He was Governor of Bothwell Castle for the English during the early part of the Scottish War of Independence, but later joined Robert the Bruce and fought at his side at Bannockburn.
		It was here that he was to build Cadzow Castle and where eventually was to be built the magnificent Hamilton Palace - the grandest and most notable non-royal residence in all of Scotland.
		After her escape from Loch Leven she stayed at Cadzow Castle for some time in hiding along with, so it is said, the crown jewels.
	www.zianet.com /piper/TARTAN.HTM (1144 words)

	Clan Hamilton
		Cadzow Castle was built on the land to serve as the family’s main seat.
		The Somerville’s of Hamilton Farm acquired the castle in 1795.
		Cadzow Castle at Hamilton was allowed to descend into a ruin after the Hamilton’s built Hamilton Palace on the same estate.
	www.ayrshirescotland.com /clans/hamilton.html (581 words)

	Hamilton Palace, Scotland, 1882 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The ruins of Cadzow Castle are sketched from the side farthest from the River Avon, showing the remains of an old portal and bridge.
		The other side of the castle is upon a steep mass of rock, with trees overhanging the river.
		Judging by the remains, the place must have been very small; and it is difficult to believe that this was the Cadzow where the Kings of Scotland held their Court in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
	www.londonancestor.com /newspaper/1882/0715/hamilton-palace.htm (278 words)

	Caerlaverock Castle -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The castle is in the care of (Click link for more info and facts about Historic Scotland) Historic Scotland, but in the (The period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance) Middle Ages it was owned by the Maxwell family.
		Being very close to the border with (A division of the United Kingdom) England, it had to be defended several times against (An Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the Commonwealth countries) English forces.
		Both the Castle and the WWT reserve are within the (Click link for more info and facts about Caerlaverock NNR) Caerlaverock NNR - (Click link for more info and facts about National Nature Reserve) National Nature Reserve.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/C/Ca/Caerlaverock_Castle.htm (182 words)

	Siol nan Gaidheal : Places to Visit, F-J
		This castle, attractively built on a steep rocky outcrop above the river Tyne, is overlooked by the ancient hill fort known as Traprain Law.
		The castle was heavily involved in the 'Rough Wooing' when Hertford's English force attempted invasion so to enforce the marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots to the boy prince Edward, later Edward VI.
		The castle was made forfeit from Sir William de Soulis for treason against Robert I. Later it was held by the Black Douglases until the reign of james II.
	www.siol-nan-gaidheal-usa.com /places2.htm (3615 words)

	Chatelherault Country Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Its name is derived from the French town of Châtellerault, the title Duc de Châtellerault being held by the Duke of Hamilton.
		The ruins of Cadzow Castle lie at the top of a gorge overlooking the River Avon.
		A herd of Cadzow cattle are in the fields overlooked by the hunting lodge.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chatelherault_Country_Park (118 words)

	Hamilton Mausoleum
		The ruins of Cadzow castle, perched above the Avon Gorge, was a royal residence until the time of Robert the Bruce and the place where Mary Queen of Scots stayed before the Battle of Langside (1568) can still be seen from Chatelherault.
		Cadzow Castle is located on the banks of the River Avon Water, 2 miles south east of Hamilton centre, in the grounds of Chatelherault Country Park in South Lanarkshire Council Area.
		Under the ownership of Historic Scotland, Cadzow Castle was a built in the 13th century and acted as a royal residence for Alexander II and Alexander III.
	www.sorbie.net /hamilton_mausoleum.htm (3062 words)

	Clan History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He was Governor of Bothwell Castle for the English during the early part of the Scottish War of Independence, but later joined Robert the Bruce and fought at his side at Bannockburn.
		It was here that he was to build Cadzow Castle and where eventually was to be built the magnificent Hamilton Palace - the grandest and most notable non-royal residence in all of Scotland.
		After her escape from Loch Leven she stayed at Cadzow Castle for some time in hiding along with, so it is said, the crown jewels.
	www.dev1.eraserver.net /clanhamilton/history.htm (1146 words)

	Reconstruction of Preston Tower, home of the 'haughty Hamiltons'
		However, when the King's army besieged the key Douglas castle of Abercorn near Linlithgow, and the King himself was about to be encircled by an even larger Douglas/Hamilton army, the Hamiltons refused to attack and switched sides.
		In 1547 Innerwick castle near Dunbar was attacked by the re-invading English.
		Part of the castle was set ablaze and the hakbutters entered by storm, killing eight of the defenders on the spot; the ninth jumped from the castle battlements falling some 60 to 70ft into the ravine and river below.
	www.maybole.org /history/castles/preston.htm (1254 words)

	Overview of Cadzow Castle
		Situated high above the Avon Water, in the grounds of Chatelherault Country Park, Cadzow Castle lies 2 miles (3 km) south east of the centre of Hamilton in South Lanarkshire.
		Now maintained by Historic Scotland, Cadzow Castle was most-likely built in the 12th Century and became a royal residence for Alexander II and Alexander III.
		In 1572, Arran fortified Cadzow against the Protestant Regents who ran the country on behalf of James VI, but they attacked the castle in 1579, and following a brief siege, it was captured and destroyed by explosives.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/features/featurefirst7722.html (318 words)

	Duke of Hamilton - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Walter fitz Gilbert was governor of Bothwell Castle for the English crown but during Wars of Scottish Independence he sided with Robert the Bruce fighting with him at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.
		Sometime between 1315 and 1329, Robert the Bruce knighted him and granted him lands in Renfrewshire, the Lothians and the barony of Cadzow (now called Hamilton in Lanarkshire) where he began construction of Cadzow Castle.
		Duke of Hamilton, Baron of Cadzow, Lord Hamilton and Earl of Arran, Earl of Angus, Marquess and Duke of Hamilton, The later dukes, Feudal Barons of Cadzow (c.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Duke_of_Hamilton (1467 words)

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