MacLellan's Castle

It stands in the centre of Kirkcudbright, on the south side of the River Dee which flows into the Solway Firth.

The work is commonly assumed to date to 1582 based on the year being carved into a stone panel above the entrance.

[6][2] Thirty years later, Maxwell sold MacLellan Castle to Dunbar Douglas, 4th Earl of Selkirk.

[1] In MacGibbon and Ross' 1887 work, The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland, the authors remarked "the whole building is a mass of ivy, giving it the appearance of a huge haystack, of a green rather than yellow colour", however they were of the opinion that aside from the roof the building was in good condition.

The simple 'L' shape is embellished with an additional tower attached to the southwest corner, and projections on the inner angle where the two wings meet.

The two lower parts are carved two coats of arms: those of Thomas MacLellan, for whom the castle was built, and his wife, G.