. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. poken of as the Thane in documents of a comparatively late period. In1450 or 1454, a royal license was granted to the Thane to build a tower offence ; and this is probably the date of the oldest part of the castle. Thedomain came into the possession of a branch of the powerful family ofCampbell by the marriage, in 1510, of Sir John Campbell, third son of theEarl of Argyle, to Muiriel or Marion, the heiress of The familywas ennobled in 1796 by a British barony. Among the later traditions ofCawdor Castle, a low chamber under the

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. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. poken of as the Thane in documents of a comparatively late period. In1450 or 1454, a royal license was granted to the Thane to build a tower offence ; and this is probably the date of the oldest part of the castle. Thedomain came into the possession of a branch of the powerful family ofCampbell by the marriage, in 1510, of Sir John Campbell, third son of theEarl of Argyle, to Muiriel or Marion, the heiress of The familywas ennobled in 1796 by a British barony. Among the later traditions ofCawdor Castle, a low chamber under the roof is shown, where the notorious * Carruthers Highland Note-Book, p. 154. f Shaws History of Moray, p. 153. 76 THE BARONIAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL Lovat is said to have found a retreat after the battle of Culloden. But thisis not likely to be true, for Lovat was found concealed far westward, and toreach Cawdor he would have had to leave his own fortresses in the wilds ofInverness behind him, and pass through a country occupied by the royaltroops. A*<^^.

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