Old travel photograph of Drumwalt Castle by Kirkcowan located six miles from Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The Old Place of Mochrum, also known as Drumwalt, consisted of two towers, around 15 feet apart, linked by a high wall and stood in ruins until 1876 when renovation and extensions after the old style were commenced. The west tower is the older of the two, probably dating from around 1500. It is a plain rectangular building four storeys and a garret in height with walls 5 feet thick and has been finished with angle turrets, a capehouse and a parapet walk. The upper portions have been rebuilt, carefully reproducing the old form. The east tower, probably dating from the end of the 16th century, is also rectangular but with walls only 4 feet thick. It differs from the west tower in having neither angle turrets nor parapet. The gables and upper floors have been renovated. The entrances to both towers were covered by a pend or archway 7' wide, only the foundation of which survived in 1889. It is probable that the courtyard formed by the modern buildings on the north and east occupies the site of one simply enclosed by high walls. The property belonged to the Earls of Dunbar and March until 1694 when it passed to the Earls of Dumfries. The Marquis of Bute acquired it in 1876.
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