Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Hoddam Castle

Hoddam Castle, seat (built by Lord Herries, 15th century), Cummertrees par., S. Dumfriesshire, near right bank of river Annan, 3 miles SW. of Ecclefechan; the original Hoddam Castle (said to have been a seat of the royal Bruces) stood in Hoddam par., on left bank of river Annan, at HALLGUARDS: which see.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Cummertrees ScoP       Dumfries Shire ScoCnty

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