Comlongon Castle is a massive 15th-century tower of five storeys and a garret within a corbelled-out parapet. Parts of the paraper are roofed in to form small gabled chambers, and there is a caphouse crowning the main stair. A large 19th- century mansion stands nearby.

The entrance, still with its iron yett, is reached by an external stair. It leads to the vaulted basement and to the turnpike stair, which climbs to the first-floor hall. The hall has a stone-flagged flor, two fireplaces - one in a deep arched recess - and two mural chambers, one reached by a stair in the thickness of the wall, which leads to a guardroom and dark prison. There were private chambers above, each with its own fireplace. The castle was built by the Murrays of Cockpool, who became Earls of Annandale, and later Earls of Mansfield. It was sold in 1984, and restored.
It is now a hotel.

The castle is said to be haunted by a 'Green Lady', the spirit of Marion Carruthers.

She was forced into a betrothal of marriage with a man she did not love, and fled to Comlongon after being imprisoned in Hermitage Castle. She committed suicide at Comlongon, and reputedly haunts the castle.

How to get there:-

About 8 miles south-east of Dumfries, on minor road west of B 724, about 2 miles north of the Solway Firth, at Comlongon Castle Hotel.

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