Castle Kennedy

This airticle is aboot the veelage, no the castle Castle Kennedy. Castle Kennedy is a smaw veelage 3 mile east o Stranrawer in the historical coonty o Wigtounshire in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. It is on the A75 road an within the ceevil pairish o Inch. The veelage is til the sooth o the Lochinch Castle estate that includes the ruins o the 17t century Castle Kennedy (castle), as weel as the Castle Kennedy Gairdens that is appen til the public. Afore the Reformation the twa lochs within the Lochinch estate, Black Loch and White Loch, wis thegither kent as Loch Crindil. A smaw island in the White Loch wis the site o a kirk that micht hae gien the pairish its name: "the Inch", fae the Gaelic: innis, meanin "island". Castle Kennedy wis built in 1607 as a big hoose bi John Kennedy, 5t Yerl o Cassilis, on the site o an aulder castle. It wis acquire't in 1677 bi John Dalrymple, 1st Yerl o Stair, thou the hoose burnt doun in 1716. John Dalrymple, 2t Yerl o Stair reteent the ruin as a focal pynt for new formal gairdens laid oot in the 1730s. In the 1860s the 9t an 10t Yerls built Lochinch Castle on the estate, ina "Franco-Scottish" style, an pairtial sortit the 18t century gairdesn that hid fawen intae ruination. The estate remeens the haudin o the Yerl o Stair, an Castle Kennedy Gairdens is appen til the public. Sortin o the gairdens conteenas. Acause o the Gulf Stream an that the sea is nearby on baith sides, the gairdens breuks a myld climate that allous the growin o a range o rhododendrons an ither plants no aften seen in Scotland. Castle Kennedy hid a railwey station on the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway that appent in 1861 an closed in 1965. The station biggin is noo a hoose, and the closest station is at Stranrawer. Durin Warld War II an airfield wis biggit til the east o the veelage, it operatit fae 1941 tae 1945, and the rinweys remeens in place. The veelage his its ain primary schuil, wi a roll o 43 scholarts. References External links Media relatit tae Castle Kennedy at Wikimedia Commons Castle Kennedy Gairdens wabsteid Archived 2010-03-26 at the Wayback Machine Castle Kennedy map - Roy Military Survey of Scotland 1745-55 Archived 2012-08-28 at the Wayback Machine (National Library of Scotland)