Image) was built on the same site; see https://canmore.org.uk/site/42486/boturich-castle (at Canmore). The travelogue book "Scotland Delineated" (1799) mentions, to the south of Loch Lomond, "the castles of Kilmarnock and Batturret, now in ruins"; the first is Kilmaronock (note the crucial extra letter), while the second is, like "Butterwick", a mangled (as opposed to merely old) spelling of Boturich. In the background, on the left, is a view into Glen Finlas (Image).."> Road through Boturich Estate
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Road through Boturich Estate

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Road through Boturich Estate

Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 22 Mar 2012

The buildings of Meikle Boturich are in the middle distance, among the trees. The name Boturich, applied to this estate, is stressed on the second syllable: [bɔˈtʌɾɘx], or (a much less precise version without the IPA) "bo-TURR-och". A variety of spellings can be found in old documents. An unusual one, Butterwick (probably a misguided attempt to construe the name as being formed from English elements), can be seen on a map at the beginning of David Ure's book "General View of the Agriculture in the County of Dumbarton" (1794). The Pont/Blaeu map of the Lennox (based on surveys in the 1580s-90s, and published in 1654) has "Pitturichs", while Roy's Military Survey of Scotland shows the "ruins of Botterich Castle". The present-day Boturich Castle (Image) was built on the same site; see https://canmore.org.uk/site/42486/boturich-castle (at Canmore). The travelogue book "Scotland Delineated" (1799) mentions, to the south of Loch Lomond, "the castles of Kilmarnock and Batturret, now in ruins"; the first is Kilmaronock (note the crucial extra letter), while the second is, like "Butterwick", a mangled (as opposed to merely old) spelling of Boturich. In the background, on the left, is a view into Glen Finlas (Image).

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