CAERLAVEROCK
CASTLE
The Maxwell Castle stood guard over
the Solway Firth for over 400 years.
It was made of rich red stone.
The lands of Caerlaverock were
granted to the Maxwells about 1220.
Their first castle was too near the
salt marshes of the Solway
and in the 1270s they started
building the new castle.
It lasted until the Civil War of
1640 when the castle was no longer lived in.
The bridge that replaces the draw
bridge.
These apartments were built ca 1634
by Robert the first Earl of Nithsdale. Two apartments on each of its
three floors. Each room had a fireplace. Most had latrine
closets
From the east as you come up the
path from the original site.
First castle
site.
Pictures taken by Michelle and
Richard Leeper in May 1995
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