The Elphinstone family book of the lords Elphinstone, Balmerino and Coupar . ?M f*. tJii. I. Thr Original Castle or Tower of Elphinstone of theElphinstones, Lords Elphinstone. About a mile to the east of the summit of Carberry hill, where Queen Maryand Bothwell surrendered to the lords who were confederated against themin June 1567, stands the venerable castle or tower of Elphinstone. Withthat tower the noble and baronial family of Elphinstone has been identifiedin a variety of ways for upwards of twenty generations, or for six and ahalf centuries, reckoning from the year 1250 to the present t
The Elphinstone family book of the lords Elphinstone, Balmerino and Coupar . ?M f*. tJii. I. Thr Original Castle or Tower of Elphinstone of theElphinstones, Lords Elphinstone. About a mile to the east of the summit of Carberry hill, where Queen Maryand Bothwell surrendered to the lords who were confederated against themin June 1567, stands the venerable castle or tower of Elphinstone. Withthat tower the noble and baronial family of Elphinstone has been identifiedin a variety of ways for upwards of twenty generations, or for six and ahalf centuries, reckoning from the year 1250 to the present time. The owners of Elphinstone Castle have always understood that the presentstructure was founded by the first known Elphinstone, John de Elphinstone,who can be shown to have been living about 1250, or in the time of KingAlexander the Third of Scotland. Eeared on a solid rock for a foundation,on a high tableland overlooking the valley of the Tyne, the castle commandsand dominates the rich and varied country stretching eastward from thetower for many miles. Travellers from the east in
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