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Carriber Castle
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View Larger MapDescription of institution: Part of the Barony of Carriber. Owned in the seventeenth century by a "Mr. Hay," a surgeon, who was probably James Hay who died in 1702 (Gibb, 253-4). According to Sibbald, "Near to the house there [was] a Cataract, by the fall of a Brook over a high Rock, perpendicular, for the hight of two or three Spears length; there are many fine Plants in the Bank, and in the Haugh at the bottome of it there is a Vitriolick well" (ibid., 254 citing Sibbald, The History, 17). URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carribber_Castle Images linked to this location: People associated with this location: Print Sources linked to this location: Mentioned - The History Ancient and Modern of the Sheriffdoms of Linlithgow and Stirling, in which there is an account of the royal seats and castles, and of the royal burghs and the ports, and of the religious houses and hospitals, and of the most remarkable houses of the nobility and gentry. With an account of the natural products of the land and water.
Mentioned - The Life and Times of Robert Gib, Lord of Carribber.