Excerpt from A History of the Family of Cairnes or Cairns: And Its Connections

The tradition referred to by Dr. Sommers, taken in conjunction with the difference in the style both of the masonry and architecture between the basement and upper storeys of Cairns Castle, suggests that. The original castle, of which the basement is the remnant, dates from the fourteenth or even the thirteenth century.

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