Scotland:  Dramatic Places - Historic Sites
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Artist:  Karol K. Mack
 
                                                                                                                                                         
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TRAQUAIR
HOUSE

TRAQUAIR
HOUSE

Traquair House
SCOTLAND

Dates from:  1107
Associated Clans / Families:
Douglas, Maitland, Keith, Criag, Lindsay, Watson, Murray, then Stewart

 

Traquair House began as a royal hunting lodge in 1107; it was enlarged in 1492 and saw regular additions through the 16^th and 17^th centuries.  The house was later used as a refuge for Roman Catholic priests when the Stuarts of Traquair supported Mary Queen of Scots and the Jacobite cause.  The painting is based on a 2008 view.

Pictured:

Traquair House   8" x 10" oil

An excerpt from the book Scotland:  Castles and Clans the Legends.

From:

 The Long Way Around

A Legend of Traquair House

. . .  For over 250 years, both friend and foe alike have been prohibited from using the estate's proper entrance -- the Bear Gates.  More monument than entry, the gates have an air of isolation about and and have remained locked for almost three-hundred years . . .

Traquair House is included in the Lowlands Map.

Map:

 Castles & Clans:
Scottish Lowlands

                                            
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