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Maxwell was the eldest son and heir of John Maxwell, 3rd Lord Maxwell (died 1484) and Janet, the daughter of George Crichton, 1st Earl of Caithness. [1] The Maxwells were an ancient House / Family from the Scottish Borders, whose chief seat was at Caerlaverock Castle near Dumfries.
The name Caerlaverock is of Brittonic origin. [4] The first part of the name is the element cajr meaning "an enclosed, defensible site", (Welsh caer meaning "fort, city"). [4] The second part of the name may be the personal name Lïμarch (Welsh Llywarch), [4] or a lost stream-name formed from the adjective laβar, "talkative" (Welsh llafar, see Afon Llafar), [4] suffixed with –ǭg, "having ...
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 .
Arcadia is an excellent example of Greek Revival architecture. The house was built in 1836 by Isaac Shelby, Jr, a gentleman farmer, who was the fourth son of Isaac Shelby, the first Governor of Kentucky. Arcadia remained in the Shelby family until the early 1960s.
Location of Harrison County in Kentucky. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Harrison County, Kentucky. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Harrison County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties ...
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 ...
In 2023, Henderson bought the Kentucky Castle that sits between Lexington and Versailles on U.S. 60 and Pisgah Pike for $19 million, as well as a nearby industrial park site where he plans to ...
This site is the center piece of the University of Kentucky's Adena Park and is located on a bank 75 feet (23 m) above Elkhorn Creek.It features a causewayed ring ditch with a circular 105-foot (32 m) diameter platform, surrounded by a 45-foot (14 m) wide ditch and a 13-foot (4.0 m) wide enclosure with a 33-foot (10 m) wide entryway facing to the west.