Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Murdostoun Castle

Murdostoun Castle, a mansion in Shotts parish, Lanarkshire, near the right bank of South Calder Water, 2 miles N of Newmains. Its owner, Robert King Stewart, Esq. (b. 1853; suc. 1866), holds 1760 acres in the shire, valued at £2833 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 31, 1867.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Shotts ScoP       Lanarkshire ScoCnty

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