Seven Centuries of History at Buittle Castle in Galloway 

THE BARONY OF BUITTLE was created by a charter of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, for Sir James Douglas, in 1325. It functioned as the local administrative and social unit, centred around Buittle Castle, the ancient Seat of the Lords of Galloway and the Balliol Kings of Scots. In the intervening 700 years it was largely held by the Douglases and then the Maxwells.