Kenmure Castle

Kenmure Castle is a ruinous mansion near New Galloway in Dumfriesshire at the northern tip of Loch Ken, featuring a 16th-century tower house of three storeys and an attic with later 18th and 19th-century additions. The Gordon family held the castle from 1297 and may have been associated with its original medieval occupation by the Lords of Galloway. Mary, Queen of Scots was entertained here in 1568, after which the castle was torched; it was subsequently burned by Cromwell in 1650 following the family's support of Charles I. Now a scheduled ancient monument with Historic Environment Scotland, the derelict castle preserves layers of Scottish history from the medieval period through the 17th century.