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Lagwine Castle

Castle (medieval)

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Lagwine Castle stands as a medieval ruin in Dumfries and Galloway, its exact position marked only to the nearest hundred metres on national records. The castle may have housed lords, resisted storms or simply vanished into heather, yet no surviving chamber proves which life it held. Its boundary remains unknown because no wall, gate or field marker has reappeared to draw the line between memory and land.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Lagwine Castle as Castle (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Lagwine Castle was a medieval stronghold, likely built in the 13th or 14th century, and is remembered for its strategic position in the Scottish Borders, an area frequently contested during conflicts between England and Scotland.

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