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Caerlaverock Castle is a moated triangular castle first built in the 13th century. It is located on the southern coast of Scotland, eleven kilometres (seven miles) south of Dumfries , on the edge of the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve .
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Caerlaverock Castle was the seat of the chief of Clan Maxwell. [8] Threave Castle was owned by the Clan Maxwell between 1526 and 1640. [9] Maxwell Castle was built in 1545 but destroyed by the English in 1570. [10] Buittle Castle owned by the Maxwells from the 16th century until 1984
Caerlaverock Castle, a moated triangular castle, first built in the thirteenth century. Castles are buildings that combine fortifications and residence, and many were built within the borders of modern Scotland. They arrived in Scotland with the introduction of feudalism in the twelfth century.
The noble House of Maxwell had held the castle of Caerlaverock near Dumfries since the 13th century, and by the mid-16th century were the most powerful family in south-west Scotland. Robert Maxwell was the second son of John Maxwell, 8th Lord Maxwell (1553–1593) and his wife Elizabeth Douglas (d.1637), daughter of the 7th Earl of Angus .
The name Caerlaverock is of Brittonic origin. [1] The first part of the name is the element cajr meaning "an enclosed, defensible site", (Welsh caer, "fort, city"). [1] The second part of the name may be the personal name Lïμarch (Welsh Llywarch), [1] or a lost stream-name formed from the adjective laβar, "talkative" (Welsh llafar, see Afon Llafar), [1] suffixed with –ǭg, "having the ...
The cost of a large castle built over this time (anywhere from UK£1,000 to UK£10,000) would take the income from several manors, severely impacting a lord's finances. [144] Costs in the late 13th century were of a similar order, with castles such as Beaumaris and Rhuddlan costing UK£ 14,500 and UK£ 9,000 respectively.