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The Clan Johnstone were once one of the most powerful of the Border Reiver Scottish clans. [3] They originally settled in Annandale and for more than six hundred years they held extensive possessions in the west of the Scottish Marches , where they kept watch against the English .
Clan map of Scotland The following is a list of Scottish clans (with and without chiefs ) – including, when known, their heraldic crest badges, tartans , mottoes , and other information. The crest badges used by members of Scottish clans are based upon armorial bearings recorded by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in the Public Register of All Arms ...
Lochwood Tower, also known as Lochwood Castle, is a ruined 16th-century L-plan tower house situated in Annandale (Valley of the River Annan) about 6 miles (9.7 km) south of the town of Moffat in the modern county of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. [1] [2] [3] It was the seat of the Clan Johnstone.
A Scottish clan (from Gaelic clann, literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred') is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense of shared identity and descent to members, and in modern times have an official structure recognised by the Court of the Lord Lyon, which regulates Scottish heraldry and coats of arms.
James Hope-Johnstone, 3rd Earl of Hopetoun; James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Hartfell; James Johnstone, 2nd Marquess of Annandale; John Hope-Johnstone (1796–1876) John Hope-Johnstone (photographer) John Hope-Johnstone (1842–1912)
The unusual name derives from its use to hide stolen cattle by the Border Reivers of the Johnstone clan who were referred to by their enemies as "devils"; it is also called Marquis of Annandale's Beef-Tub (or Beef-Stand) after the Lord of Annandale, chief of the raiding "loons" (here meaning "lads", rather than "lunatics"); the name may also refer to the resemblance the valley bears to a tub ...
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They were joined by two of Johnstone's retainers near Lockerbie, Johnstone of Kirktoun, who had a large following and Johnstone of Lockerbie, who had fifty men. They were also joined by the Grahams from the Debatable Lands, who were apparently always ready to fight the Maxwells. Johnstone took the high ground above where the Dryfe joines the ...