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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 ...
This is a list of Category A listed buildings in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.. In Scotland, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of "special architectural or historic interest". [1]
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 and arched Gateway to North East 54°58′33″N 3°31′27″W / 54.975787°N 3.524068°W / 54.975787; -3.524068 ( Caerlaverock Castle and arched Gateway to North
Most people enter military service “with the fundamental sense that they are good people and that they are doing this for good purposes, on the side of freedom and country and God,” said Dr. Wayne Jonas, a military physician for 24 years and president and CEO of the Samueli Institute, a non-profit health research organization. “But things ...
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 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. John Maxwell was the second son of Robert Maxwell, 6th Lord Maxwell (died 13 September 1552) and his wife Beatrix Douglas, daughter of James Douglas, 3rd Earl of ...
Maxwell was the heir of John de Maxwell, Lord of Caerlaverock. [2] [1] He was holding Caerlaverock Castle in 1312 for the English, before changing allegiances to King Robert I of Scotland. [3] His castle of Caerlaverock was then placed under siege by the English, who could not take the castle.