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LOCHMABEN - LoveToKnow Article on LOCHMABEN (342 words) |
 | At the south end of Castle Loch, the chief lake, stand the ruins, a mere shell, of Lochmaben Castle, dating from the I3th century, where local tradition declares that Robert Bruce was bornan honor which is also claimed, however, for Turnberry Castle on the coast of Ayrshire. |
| He exempted his followers in the district from feudal service and their descendantsthe kindly tenants of Lochmaben were confirmed in their tenure by the court of session in 1824. |
| There was once a team of Lochmaben Curlers entirely composed of shoemakers (souters) who held their own against all corners, and their prowess added the phrase to souter to the vocabulary of the sport, the word indicating a match in which the winners scored game to their opponents love. |
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| Lochmaben is an ancient town lying four miles west of Lockerbie on the main road between it and Dumfries. |
| If you follow the brown tourist signs to Lochmaben Castle today they lead you to the ruins of a later castle, a massive stronghold built on a promontory at the southern end of Castle Loch by Edward I of England in the years either side of 1300. |
| The earlier Lochmaben Castle was probably dismantled at the time of the building of its successor. |
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