Old Photographs Orchardton Tower Scotland

Old photograph of Orchardton Tower located four miles South of Dalbeattie in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The Cairns family, who built Orchardton, were associated with the area from the early 15th century. Alexander Cairns was Provost of Lincluden, now an area of Dumfries, until his death in 1422. His brother, John Cairns, was Custumar, or customs officer, in Linlithgow. John Cairns was also a military engineer, and was responsible for designing the impressive King David's Tower at Edinburgh Castle, which was destroyed in 1573.

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