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and south walls stood only stood at that height. Low courtyard walls of a rectangular shape were present in 1856. The castle's tower was rectangular, built with rough coursed masonry. A vaulted basement existed and in the thickened south-eastern wall a stairway and mural chamber may have existed. The end walls probably had opposing arched windows.
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In this shire, at a part called the Knok, on Greiff near
Ranfrow, was King Robert, called Blear-eye, cutted out of his mother's womb by Sir John Forrester of Elliestoun (who being hazarded on extremity to use that remedy to preserve the child's life, the Queen having there taken her child ill, being
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Elliston Castle measured 42 ft by 33 ft, with end walls around 9 ft thick and side walls around 6 ft thick. Built before the regular use of cannon, gun-ports have been discovered in the walls. The walls were still 20 ft to 30 ft high in 1836, however by 1856 the north
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Renfrew, held 'Elziotstoun' from the high-steward of Scotland and sometime prior to 1309, a Robert Sempill of 'Elziotstoun' is recorded. Sir William Sempill in 1474 held the baronies of Elliston and Castleton, as did John, the first Lord Sempill in 1505. In 1513, John, the first
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Elliston guarded the important land route to the south at a time when no road existed closer to Lochwinnoch. This route was the Beith to Paisley Road as clearly marked on Roy's 1747 map that ran up from Beith, ran near Beltree farm passed Earlston Farm and the demolished Ward House
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In 1540 the lands of ''Castleton, Eliotstoun, Schutirflat, Nethir-Pennell, Hairstontoun, Lavane, Bargane and
Lecheland'' were incorporated into the new Barony of Semple, together with other lands in Lanark and Ayr. The new barony was held by William, Lord Sempill and the principal dwelling or
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Sempill family held them since at least 1220. The castle was abandoned circa 1550 when
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on the fields and dying, the child being quick in her belly) who before that was reputed a simple man – from whence the House of
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The author Louise Turner has written a historical novel 'Fire and Sword' involving Sir John
Sempill of Ellestoun, son of Sir Thomas, the Sheriff of Renfrew who died along with King James III at the
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