Stanely Castle

Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 31 May 2017

For earlier pictures, see Image / Image / Image; see the first of those links, in particular, for more info. As the map shows, the castle is not on the shore, but, for reasons that are explained in the end-note, out in the water. It is thought to date from the early fifteenth century, and it originally stood on an island in a marsh; the current setting is similar except in degree. The New Statistical Account's description of Paisley says that the height is "about forty feet, fully ten feet lower than the most elevated part of Cruikston Castle" (Image). It goes on to cite Crawford's "History of the Shire of Renfrew" to show that the "castle and barony of Stainly" were "anciently a possession of the Denelstouns of that ilk" (Danzielston/Danȝielstone — see my discussion at Image), later passing into the hands of the Maxwells of Calderwood, and, still later, the Earl of Glasgow. For more about that, see the link mentioned in the first paragraph.

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