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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| CHAPEL (In Ruins) [Bothwell Castle] | "Chapel" | 011.07 | There is an entrance to it from the inside (shown as ???) of the Castle, between the south wall of the " Chapel", & a stone winding stairs in the wall on the side next the"chapel". The names of the Towers given in the N. Statl. Account. Which see. Cannot be identified either bythe oldest retainers of the Castle - some of whom have been 57 years and more about it, or the Ph. Minister the Revd. Dr. Gardiner, a similar period in the Parish. The Chapel ( see quotation on the other side, from Mr. Watt Account.) may easily be recognised by the windows etc. There are beneath it, on a level with the green in the interior of the Castle, through vaults having arched stone roofs. The body of the " Chapel" vaults beneath the " Chapel" , are the only original roofs or coverings remaining in the Ruins of "Bothwell Castle". A piece of a wall projects eastwards from the outside of the "Chapel" near to the north east angle. The fosse or ditch upon the east three personal authorities, was partly filled in about 25 years ago, and its course perhaps a little altered, but it now appears on the north and east side of the Castle as represented in position on the Trace. There are two pieces of Ordnance of old date - a little mortar and a long gun pointing southwards on a slightly elevated position formed from the old ditches between the Castle & the ditch on the bank to the River, shown on adjoining Trace 1.XI-11 is like the slope beneath the mansion house (the ground) having subsided. "Bothwell Castle" is the property of Lady Montague. | |
| WELL [Bothwell Castle] | Well | "Well" | 011.07 | The "Well" ( the quotation on the other side from N.Stat. Account) is anular built with stone & stuffed with rubbish to within about 18 feet of the top. One half of the circle appears in the space within the western Tower, the other under the wall which is arched over it. The Tower at the south east angle of the Ruins is circular on the outside & octagonal inside. |
Continued entries/extra info
Bothwell Castle (continued) XI-7. Trace 4having winding stone staircases within them & in the western Tower there are several passages or small appartments in the wall. The outer side of this Tower, between the Castle & River, has been partly demolished & now appears as represented. The remains of parts of battlemented tops of both the east & west Towers are still standing.
Transcriber's notes
The chapel description is a continuation of the well descriptionThe well description is a continuation of the castle description
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