The Autobiography of James contains a woodcut from a drawing by the artist of the first steamboat, which was floated on Dalswinton Loch on the 14th October 1788. It represents a kind of small pleasure-boat, and the figures which appear ...
His son and successor, John Bonar, was at the murderous siege of Caerlaverock Castle, in 1355, when this fortress, with the castle of Dalswinton, was taken from the English, by Roger Kirkpatrick of Closeburn, who remained faithful amidst ..... In 1723, Grahame of Gorthie, who married his cousin, Margaret, only child of Robert Bonar of Gregston, by his wife, Margaret Trail of the Trails of Skayll, succeeded, in his wife's right, to the estate, when he assumed the name and ...
Dalswinton Estate are hosting a Garden Open day on Sunday May 16th in aid of Kirkmahoe Church and Scotland's Garden Scheme. Kirkmahoe Gala - we are busy getting the Gala organised, a flier will be going out to everybody shortly, ...
