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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Earlston, an old castle and a burn in Dalry parish, N Kirkcudbrightshire. The castle, standing near the left bank of the Ken, 2 miles N by W of Dalry village, has the form of a tall square tower, and bears over its door the date 1655. It was the seat of Sir William Gordon's ancestors, who figured prominently among the Covenanters; has long been unoccupied, but retains a strong oaken roof; and might easily be rendered habitable. Earlston Burn runs 4 miles south-westward to the Ken, and, in the southern vicinity of the castle, makes a fine waterfall, called Earlston Linn.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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