. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. Fig. 56.—Loch Doon Castle. Fireplace iu Keep. of its length of 59 feet. This result would probably have happened beforethis, if at various times gentlemen visiting the ruin had not built inprops here and there (Fig. 55); butthese are of such a temporary andunstable nature, that unless speedyand effectual measures are taken thefall of this wall cannot be long de-ferred. Loch Doon Castle is sometimescalled Baliol Castle, and is supposedto have been a seat of the ancientLords of Carrick.* The inci
. The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century. Fig. 56.—Loch Doon Castle. Fireplace iu Keep. of its length of 59 feet. This result would probably have happened beforethis, if at various times gentlemen visiting the ruin had not built inprops here and there (Fig. 55); butthese are of such a temporary andunstable nature, that unless speedyand effectual measures are taken thefall of this wall cannot be long de-ferred. Loch Doon Castle is sometimescalled Baliol Castle, and is supposedto have been a seat of the ancientLords of Carrick.* The incidentsconnected with this castle recordedin history are few. The earliestevent we find mentioned regardingit happened in 1306, after thesignal defeat of Bruce at adherents being forced to scatter and seek safety where they could, Rambles in Galloway, by Fig. 57.—Loch Doon in South Wall. FIRST PERIOD 104 LOCH DOON CASTLE Sir Christopher Seton, a faithful follower and brother-in-law of theking, and an ancestor of the house of Winton, sought refuge in LochDoon Castle, then under the hereditary governorship of Sir Gilbert deCarrick. Sir Christopher was hotly pursued, and the castle was investedby the English, whereupon Sir Gilbert, supposing the cause of Bruce to belost, surrendered it, with Sir Christopher as a prisoner, when the latter wastaken to Dumfries and hanged as a traitor. But a letter of remission wasgranted by Robert i. to Sir Gilbert de Carrick for the surrender of thecastle to the English, restoring him to the government thereof, with thelands thereto belonging.* In 1333, when Scotland was almost wholly in the power of Baliol,t five strong castles, however, still remained in possession of the adherentsof David (li.), and these eventually served as so many rallying points tothe friends of liberty. These fortr
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