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Calderwood Castle, a mansion in East Kilbride parish, Lanarkshire, on the left bank of the Rotten Calder, 5 miles W of Hamilton. For more than five centuries a seat of the Maxwells, and greatly enlarged in 1840, it stands amid beautiful grounds, with a very fine waterfall on the river; its present holder is Sir Wm. Maxwell, tenth Bart. since 1627 (b. 1828; suc. 1870).
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a mansion" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
Administrative units: | East Kilbride ScoP Lanarkshire ScoCnty |
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