St Peters-Section 12 Appendices - Historic Scotland

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Blaeu Atlas, based on Pont’s map, 1654 Herman Mill’s map, 1745 Charles Ross’s map, 1777 John Thompson’s map, 1820 John Ainslie’s map, 1821 1st Edition OS, 1854-8 12. APPENDICES Site History CONSERVATION ASSESSMENT - VOLUME 1: ST PETER’S SEMINARY FEBRUARY 2008 265 Final Issue 12.1 12.1.1 12.1.2 12.1.3 12.1.4 12.1.5 12.1.6 Early History The name “Kilmahew” is derived from the chapel of St Mahew (or Mochta), shown on a piece of land called the “Kirkton of Kilmahew” on early maps close to the Clyde estuary. The chapel is said to have existed since earliest Christian times1 . The first documented reference to a Napier in Scotland is in two charters of Malcolm, Earl of Lennox, who lived at the end of the 13th century. This was John Napier, granted by one of the charters, -“all that quarter of lands called Kylmethew lying between Muydugwen and Archerreran.” The full extent of the lands can not be determined exactly at this time, but a “quarter-land” was usually a quarter of the area which could be tilled by eight-oxen plough in a year, usually taken to be 104 Scots acres, thus a “quarter land” was about 26 Scots acres (32.5 Imperial acres or 13.26 hectares). 2 In the 14th century William Napier added lands to his estate, which included the chapel. By the mid-15th century the chapel must have been in ruins because it is recorded that it was rebuilt in 1467 by the then Laird of Kilmahew, Duncan Napier. 3 Some modern-day accounts suggest the tower house or keep known as “Kilmahew Castle”was built in the 15th century and some the 15th and the 17th century. An Archaeological Assessment prepared for the purpose of this report concluded that the fi rst development phase probably dates from the 16th century, with subsequent major phases taking place in the mid-late 18th century and late 18th – early 19th century. Refer to Archaeological Assessment for more detail. Kilmahew Castle does not appear on early county maps nor is it recorded in any early accounts. Modern-day descriptions seem to be based on visual surveys. However, it seems a natural location for a “lookout”. A large and rather grand settlement surrounded by parkland and befi tting a castle is clearly shown situated between Kilmahew and Wallacetown burns4 as early as the Blaeu map, 1654. This could either refer to the above castle, or rather the large ‘emparked’ settlement that is shown on the Roy’s map, c.1750s, see below. Eighteenth Century George Maxwell Napier5 inherited Kilmahew in 1694 and it is his
General Roy’s map showing ‘indication of emparked’ landscape c.1750’s 12. APPENDICES CONSERVATION ASSESSMENT - VOLUME 1: ST PETER’S SEMINARY FEBRUARY 2008 266 Final Issue
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