Torthorwald

Torthorwald is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland.

The area was the property of the de Torthorwald family until the end of the 13th century, when the estate passed by marriage to the Kirkpatricks.

He may have been the builder of Torthorwald Castle, which was erected around this time, possibly on top of an earlier a motte.

[1] The pre-Reformation church at Torthorwald belonged to the Trinitarian Friars of Fail in Ayrshire.

Restored in the 1990s, the cottage is protected as a category A listed building,[6] and is maintained by a local heritage association.