Dame Helen's Castle View
Introduction
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Dame Helen's Castle View
Image: © Mary and Angus Hogg Taken: 2 Apr 2017
This overgrown mound, high above the Muck Water, is known as Dame Helen’s Castle. Surveys showed that the site was a motte & bailey with an old building on top and an outer defensive ditch. Much has been lost from road construction and the use of material for house-building. The name “Dalmellington” comes from “Dame Helen’s Toun”.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.321163
Longitude
-4.388865