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DIGGING INTO CLAN CASTLES

I want to start out by telling you how much I love Scotland magazine and look forward to each issue. I am a direct descendent of Clan Maxwell – my grandfather William Maxwell was from the Dumfries area and came to the United States in 1906, settling in the Miles City, Montana, area.

I recently read an article in another magazine about Caerlaverock Castle, which was the seat of the powerful Maxwell clan during the medieval Wars of Scottish Independence. Two

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