THE Scots Magazine, AND EDINBURGH LITERARY MISCELLANY, FOR FEBRUARY 1812. Description of Threave Castle, in Galloway. TH In 1455, this castle became the property of the Scottish crown. In 1502 Sir John Dundas of Mochrum received the office of keeper, with 25 merks worth of land, called Granger of Threave; for which appointment he paid L.100 per an num. In 1524, it was granted to Robert Lord Maxwell and heirs, for the period of nineteen years. This family, who afterwards be came Earls of Nithsdale, held it for more than two hundred years. In the time of Charles I. the Earl of Nithsdale maintained this castle and that of Caerlaverock, very gallantly, against the forces of the Coven anters; nor did he surrender, till authorized to do so, by a letter from the King himself, dated 15th September 1640, In 1747, the castle of Threave, along with the other heritable juris dictions, was united to the crown. It has since become the property of the Laird of Kelton. The remains of the castle now consist of a large square tower, built of small slate-like stone, and surrounded at a little distance by an envelope, with four round towers, the curtains of which are pierced for guns. There are also the remains of a gate, which had been very strong. Varieties, |