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RON'S SCOTTISH ANGLING
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Wigtown
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Wigtown is famous for being Scotland's official booktown.
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Balldoon Castle- Janet had loved the penniless Archibald, third Lord of Rutherford though her parents forbade a union. Forced by duty to her parents to marry David Dunbar, the heir to Sir David Dunbar of Balldoon, she acquiesced in a ceremony at Carsecleugh Castle, her family home. The honeymoon couple didn't quite hit it off, though there are rumors of what actually happened that night the facts are that the door was broken down by the relatives when hearing screams from the bridal chamber. Inside they found Dunbar lying on the floor, blood streaming from his body from stab wounds and Janet huddled in a chimney corner. Her bedclothes had been drenched in blood and her mind tortured with madness. Did she stab her husband when he had forced his "rights as husband"? Did the lovelorn Archibald attack Dunbar after hiding in the shadows? Or is it possible that local tradition is correct when saying the devil had stabbed Dunbar and drove Janet to insanity. While Dunbar recovered from his wounds, Janet did not escape the shock of the night. She died shortly afterwards on September 12th 1669. Dunbar refused to discuss the nights tragedy so we are left with a mystery and madness to walk the silent ruins of Balldoon Castle on soft summer nights.
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Wigtown was the last part of Scotland to succumb to central rule under either Scottish or English King.
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The square today remains a focal point of town life and carries the distinction of being the widest street in Scotland - for a town with not much more than 1000 people this is quite an exceptional feat.
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IF THERE IS ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD ABOUT WIGTOWN PLEASE CONTACT ME ON THE LINK BELOW.
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