The Lord of Lag
My lords and ladies of the MacGregor Clan, before we begin to move forward in the American colonial period, I wanted to share some pictures I found on line of our Greer ancestry in Scotland. North of Dumfries, Scotland is a small village named Dunscore. Move east a few miles (one can do this on a Google map) and lo and behold standing next to a farm house are the remains of the manor house, a quasi-castle of the Lord of Lag, the Greer family from which James Greer, my generation's 8th GGF, immigrated in the 1670s. His father (9th GGF) was Sir James Grier, a descendant of the MacGregor clan. See October 22, 2010 posting.
The remains of Lag Tower, 1790 print. The remains of the tower and 'castle' look dramatic in this 220 year old print. Remember the facility was constructed no later than the 1400s.
Below is a decidedly unromantic picture of the remains taken from a Google street map in 2007. Note the red farm equipment in front of the castle. A barn and farm house are to the right of this photo. You can locate this yourself. Go to Google Maps and drill down to to Dunscore, Scotland, about 7 miles northeast of Dumfries. Move your little 'yellow man' a few miles east over Holm Road. Look to the right (south), and you will spot this ruin below. This was and is an isolated part of the world. Many long, cold dreary nights; perhaps that is why our ancestors perfected Scotch!
Update, a few years later, this writer visited Lag and wrote further about this ancestor.
I love your blog and all the wonderful family history that you are sharing. I would love to see all the photos that you have of the Greer Family. James Greer and Ann Taylor are my ancestors, Elmer & Ellen Greer of Jamestown, TN are my grandparents. Thanks again, Smiles and Roses!
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