Pollock Castle

Pollock Castle, in its final configuration entering the 20th Century, was a magnificent structure, reported to have 88 rooms and 365 windows. Built in the style of a British manor house, the castle was demolished in 1954 and the lands were sold. For the first time in eight centuries the lands of Upper Pollock were no longer Pollock lands.

The original land holdings were vast, including the Pollok Shaws and Pollok Shields present day areas near Glasgow. A large portion of the Pollock lands was confiscated after the Battle of Bannockburn.

Nothing of the old Pollock estate remains except the two gate houses, the stable, and the gardener's cottage (all are presently occupied), the castles stone foundation, the south entrance steps and a few stones that once formed the castle's massive walls. One of those stones, cut and polished, is imbedded in the Scottish Memorial Cairn in North Carolina. The cairn was dedicated in 1980 at the site of the annual Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, near Linville, North Carolina.

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