What is recorded here

Cumbria, Wray Castle stands in Dumfries and Galloway as a nineteenth-century country house, its exact position known to the nearest metre. The name Cumbria sounds like a mistake or a joke, yet the house answers to it without apology. It may have belonged to someone proud enough to import a distant county into southern Scotland, or perhaps the boundary between regions simply blurred on that land.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cumbria, Wray Castle as Country House (19th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Wray Castle in Cumbria was built in the 19th century as a country house, likely by a wealthy local family or aristocrat. It is remembered for its historical and architectural significance in the region.

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