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Title: The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: MacGibbon, David, d. 1902 Ross, Thomas, 1839-1930
Subjects: Architecture Architecture, Domestic Castles
Publisher: Edinburgh : D. Douglas
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rved principals, thus imparting to the hall a fine solideffect, not unlike that of ribbed vaulting. This interesting old place wasoriginally in the possession of the once great Stirlingshire family ofGalbraith, whose principal seats in this neighbourhood were CraigmaddieCastle in Baldernock, and G-artconnel Castle in Kilpatrick. Of the formerbut a fragment now remains, and the foundations of the latter are barelytraceable. The Galbraitlis of Baldernock were the chiefs of the race, andthey ended apparently in Janet Keith, who, through her mother, was theirheiress. Janet was the wife of David Hamilton of Cadzow, ancestor of theDukes of Hamilton. The family of Bardowie are a younger branch of THIRD PERIOD _ 238 — BARDOWIE CASTLE Cadzow, and they were endowed with the Ba dernock land xnclud ngBardowie, and doubtless were originally seated at Craigmaddie Castle.There they remained till probably early in the sixteenth century, whenthey removed to Bardowie, and Craigmaddie fell into rums./
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Fig. 173.—Bardowie Castle. Hall on Top Story. The tower was probably erected at that time, but the roof and hallare doubtless later. The early history of the Hamiltons of Bardowie isthe common one in Scotland. They took their share in the various warsof their country, and when not thus employed spent much of ^heir timein feuds with their neighbours. In 1526 they had a quarre with theLo-ans of Balvie in Kilpatrick, which ended in John Hamilton being COVINGTON TOWEK 239 THIRD PERIOD killed by them at Blairskaith, not far from his own house of Bardowie.His son and successor, Allan Hamilton, met a similar fate, being slainby his nearest neighbour, Colin Campbell of Auchenbowie and Dowan,and in 1591 a succeeding laird of Bardowie had a serious quarrel withWalter Graham of Dougalston, another neighbour. The house of Bardowiehas thus probably witnessed many a stormy scene, and no doubt thestrength of its walls has been often tested. Robert Hamilton, sixteenth ofBardowie, was the last of th

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