What is recorded here

Drumlanrig Castle is a pink sandstone courtyard mansion in Dumfries and Galloway that has endured Douglas ambition, royal favour, military occupation and two world wars. It was built between 1679 and 1691 for William Douglas, 3rd Earl of Queensbury, who disliked it and returned to Sanquhar Castle. His son James made Drumlanrig the family seat, where Charles Edward Stuart stayed during the 1745 retreat and his men damaged the building. The castle later passed to the Buccleuch line, became a First World War hospital, and still holds the Buccleuch Art Collection behind guided summer tours.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Drumlanrig Castle as Country House (16th Century), Hospital (first World War). 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.

Drumlanrig Castle was built in the 16th century by the Douglas family, later held by the Maxwells, and is important as a historic Scottish country house and for its use as a hospital during World War I.

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