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Graham Tartan

The Clan Graham Association of Scotland

Mugdock castle was an important seat of one of Scotland's most prominent noble families, the Grahams, from the 13th Century until 1945. Sir David de Grahame, one of the early owners of Mugdock lands, was a contemporary of Robert the Bruce and lived during one of Scotland's great struggles against the English overlordship.

By 1680 the 3rd Marquis had moved
to the grander Buchanan Castle, and until 1836 Mugdock was home to another branch of the Graham family who built a Georgian mansion on the site. The walled garden and summerhouse were added by the last Graham residents, three unmarried sisters, around 1820.

His support for the Scottish cause is well illustrated by his much quoted oath "as long as but a hundred of us remain alive never will we on any condition be brought under English rule" . The first stone castle at Mugdock was most probably built by his son around 1372.