What is recorded here

Drumlanrig Castle is a pink sandstone mansion in Dumfries and Galloway where Douglas and Buccleuch families lived for centuries. Charles Edward Stuart stayed there in 1745 and his men slashed a portrait of William of Orange before leaving. The castle survived wars, neglect and two world wars, and it still holds paintings by Rembrandt and Gainsborough behind its courtyard walls.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Drumlanrig Castle as Chain (silver)(pictish). 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.

Drumlanrig Castle was built in the 13th century by the Maxwells, a powerful Scottish noble family. It is important as a historic stronghold and as an example of medieval architecture in the Scottish Borders.

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