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Torwood (Scottish Gaelic:
Coille Tor) is a
small village located 2
miles (3.2 km) north-northwest of Larbert, 4
miles (6.4 km) north-west of
Falkirk and...
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Torwood Castle is a
ruined 16th-century L-plan
castle near the
village of
Torwood, in the
Falkirk Council area of
central Scotland. It was designated...
- June 1887, the
Torwood Estate was
available for sale on the
ground by R. J. Cottell, Auctioneer. The
location was
advertised as "
Torwood adjoins Baroona...
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Wallace Oak was a tree in
Torwood, Scotland. it is
thought to have been part of the
Torwood ancient woodland and has been
linked to pre-Christian...
- was
offered for his apprehension, dead or alive. For
excommunicating at
Torwood in
September 1680
Charles II., James, Duke of York, and others, the Privy...
- bugle-horned arms. The
original caput of the clan is
believed to have been
Torwood Castle in Stirlingshire, as well as
Corstorphine Castle on the outskirts...
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Scotland and that it was a
drinking hall or
meeting hall.
There is also the
Torwood Roman camp next to Lockerbie. All of
these sites indicated that people...
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contains several monuments, most
notably to
Thomas Ridgeway (1543–1598) of
Torwood House, lord of the
manor of Tor Mohun, and of the Cary
families of nearby...
- 1550–1599) was a
Scottish landowner. He was the son of
David Forrester of
Torwood and
Garden and
Elizabeth Sandilands,
daughter of
James Sandilands of Slamannan...
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falling back on Edinburgh, when he
received intelligence the
Scots were at
Torwood, near Falkirk,
ready to har**** his retreat.
Edward reportedly said that...
