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It has been suggested that
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stone fortalice. There is also a diary record of the blowing up of the castle at
Newtyle. Hatton Castle, although ruinous until it was restored in the 1980s, was still standing, rather, it had had some major repairs by its owners. The
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Balcraig have both been separately noticed". Since a wooden structure would not have survived from 1317 to 1884, the "scanty vestiges" visible must have been stone.
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Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century.Vol. 4, page 50 (1892). Authors: MacGibbon, David; Ross, Thomas. Publisher D.Douglas, Edinburgh.
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was erected by the 4th Lord
Oliphant nearby. The only known representation of Balcraig is in Timothy Pont's map of the area circa 1590, when it was still standing.
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