Lochnaw Castle and Barony
Lochnaw Castle is a 16th Century tower house five miles from the
town of Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway.
Lochnaw Castle shows four periods of construction - a simple
16th century keep, 17th and 18th century domestic dwellings, and a
mansion-house, which was later demolished. There is a plaque bearing
the date 1486, on the SE wall of the keep. A chapel, built in 1704,
was demolished c. 1953.
An earlier, ruined castle stands on an island in the nearby
Lochnaw Loch. A royal castle, this was given to the Agnews in 1363,
but was sacked by Archibald The
Grim, 3rd Earl of Douglas in 1390, and subsequently dismantled.
The Agnews held the new castle til the end of the 19th century.
The castle, located by the loch, is occupied as a private residence.
The Barony of Lochnaw is a Scottish noble title
associated with Lochnaw Castle in Wigtownshire, Scotland. The
castle, built by Clan Agnew in the 14th century, served as their
ancestral home. The barony was officially created in 1699 under King
William III, granting the title to Sir Andrew Agnew, a prominent
figure and hereditary sheriff of Galloway.
The Agnews
established ties with the powerful Douglas family in the 15th
century. Andrew Agnew secured the heritable rights to Lochnaw Castle
and lands in 1426 from William Douglas of Leswalt. He also received
charters from King James I in 1431, confirming these rights.
In 1451, Andrew Agnew was made hereditary Sheriff of Wigtown, a
title that remains linked to his direct descendants.
Lochnaw Castle and Modern Times
Although the barony is now separate from the castle, Lochnaw Castle
remains a significant historical site, classified as a Category A
listed building in Scotland. The title of Baron of Lochnaw currently
belongs to Gordon Prestoungrange, who has focused on cultural
preservation through organizations like the Baron Courts of
Prestoungrange and Lochnaw.
Scottish History Society
Wigtownshire Charters
Third Series, Vol. LI. Appendix pp161, 162. " ** No.134
November 10 1426.
Charter by William de Douglas lord of Leswalt, to Andrew Agnew, scutifero meo, of the office of Constable of Lochnale (Lochnaw) with the 4 merk and 20d lands of Lochnale (Lochnaw) and the lands of Garruchquere in the barony of Leswalt, excepting and reserving the lake of Lochnale, with all the fees and duties of the said office and with the office of heritable bailie of that barony.
(Note: not an appointment as "Sheriff of Wigtownshire", but as "Constable of Lachnale / Lochnaw (castle) ".
See also:
Clan Agnew
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