Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Threave Castle

Threave Castle, ruin, Balmaghie par., Kirkcudbrightshire, on an island in river Dee, 1½ mile W. of Castle-Douglas; was built near the close of the 14th century by Archibald, third Earl of Douglas.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ruin"   (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites")
Administrative units: Balmaghie ScoP       Kirkcudbrightshire ScoCnty

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