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Great Scott: a castle for 2.5 million HOMES & PROPERTY

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From: Evening Standard - London
Date: 20000830
Author:WILLIAM HARDY

AN infamous Scottish castle that once inspired one of the country's best-known writers is up for sale for 2.5 million, writes William Hardy.

Cloncaird Castle, in Ayrshire, set in 90 acres with salmon fishing, provided the setting for one of Sir Walter Scott's favourite plays, The Ayrshire Tragedy.

The lavish stone building in Kirkmichael, just south of Ayr, was owned in the 16th century by the dastardly nobleman Walter Mure. He was responsible for the murder of Sir Thomas Kennedy of Culzean, in an act of revenge for the killing of his father-in-law. The story of how Mure was caught, tried ...

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