Barred Window At Maclellan's Castle

This barred window would put a prison house to shame, and is yet one more vestige of the paranoid lives my Maclellan ancestors must have led. Maclellan's Castle is the size of a small office building or condominium complex, but most of the multiple floors it once had have been knocked out of it, leaving an empty stone shell. It is right near the waterfront - literally just a stone's throw away - and across the street is a tea shop that serves the tastiest scones. The Maclellans lived in the heart of town despite their fears. One of the most charming sites elsewhere in Kirkcudbright is the Stewartry Museum, but even here the traces of a violent past remain in the museum's large collection of swords and firearms.