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auld kirkyard of Redgauntlet,” where Steenie found himself 
after his strange adventures, “lying just at the door of the 
family aisle, and the scutcheon of the auld knight, Sir Robert, 
hanging over his head,” is the old churchyard of Dunscore, which 
holds Lag’s unhonoured grave. 
The tower of Sundaywell, now part of a modern farm house, 
is the only one remaining of several conspicuous strongholds in 
Glenesslin. It is a survival of the days when every landowner 
dwelt in his own fortress. Then the great forest which gave its 
name to the parish of Holywood extended up the valley of the 
Cairn and into Glenesslin. Like the Forest of Sherwood, it gave 
shelter to many an outlaw. In the days of some early Stewart 
king, a notorious robber named Culton infested the neighbour- 
hood. A reward was offered for his head, and three brothers 
named Kirkhoe or Kirk, on their way to the haymaking early one 
summer morning, surprised him asleep under a tree and des- 
patched him with -their pitchforks. The spot where Culton was 
slain is still called Culton’s Neuk. It is near Garrieston, in the 
parish of Glencairn, and close to the road leading from Glenesslin 
along the western bank of the Cairn to Moniaive. As a reward, 
the reigning monarch granted to the three brothers the lands of 
Chapel, Bogrie, and Sundaywell. If the brother who received 
the estate of Chapel ever built a residence, it may be that it is 
marked by the heap of ruins on the farm of Kenmorehead, 
evidently at one time a place of importance ; but its history and 
even its name are forgotten. A discovery of lead piping, made 
in 1860 when the adjoining field was being drained, shows that 
pains were taken to supply it with water, and confirms the 
traditional belief that some place of strength once existed there. 
For centuries the Kirkhoes or Kirks of Bogrie and Sunday- 
well bore an honourable name in the district. They were 
connected by marriage with the Griers or Griersons of Dalgoner 
—a younger branch of the Griersons of Lag—with the Gordons 
of Glaisters, the Welshes of Colliston, of Scarre, and of Cornilie, 
the Fergussons of Isle, and the Riddles of Glenriddel. In the 
times of persecution they were favourable to the side of the 
Covenant, and the fugitives from the dragoons of Claverhouse 
and Lag often found shelter in their strongholds. 
The existing tower of Sundaywell was built by James. Kirko, 
who in 1647 succeeded his father, John Kirko, ‘in the seven 
merk land of Sundaywall,” as the old retour has it. He is the 
