re: Alexander Stewart.
Was Garlies Castle also known as Clary Castle
or Clarie Castle ? Thankyou

No.

Garlick Hill (1,445 feet) overlooks the Cumloden Park and the Penkill Burn runs down Into Minnigaff and Newton Stewart. Here nestles 15th century Garlies Castle, once the family seat of the Stewarts.

Thankyou.
I had wondered if Clary Castle, the home of the Bishops of Galloway, was also known as Garlies Castle
because Queen Mary visited Alexander Stewart, younger of Garlies, there on 11 Aug 1563.

From all records I have read Garlies has from the time of the first Kings of Galloway been referred to as Garlies and not by any other name. I have been interested in this because of my ancesters The Neilsons of Craigcaffie who are descended from one Fergus King of Galloway in the time of King David

From all records I have read Garlies has from the time of the first Kings of Galloway been referred to as Garlies and not by any other name. I have been interested in this because of my ancesters The Neilsons of Craigcaffie who are descended from one Fergus King of Galloway in the time of King David

re: Thankyou for your reply to my query regarding the two properties of Clary Castle and Garlies / Garroles Castle :
"I had wondered if Clary Castle, the home of the Bishops of Galloway, was also known as Garlies Castle because Queen Mary visited Alexander Stewart, younger of Garlies, there on 11 Aug 1563."

Book "Wigtownshire Charters" Third Series, Edited by R.C.Reid, LL.D. Vol. LI (51) also notes Garlies / Garroles, of Alexander Stewart, younger, who was probably residing at Clary / Clarie Castle, home of the Bishops of Galloway :
pp.239 240. No. 326. AD1551/2, February 26,
"Instrument of sasine at the hand of Alexander Adair N.P. narrating that John Broun as bailie of William Carnis of Orchardtoun elder on precept dated at Edinburgh 8 Feb. and witnessed by sir John Maxwell of Terreglis, Alexander Stewart of Garroles younger, Dom. John Brice vicar of Dumfries, schir George Richartsoun vicar of Kilgour, John Lokart chaplain and Mr. Nicolas Robesone, - infeft John Carnis of Quiltis, son of the said William Carnis, and Margaret McCulloch spouses conjointly in an 8/ land of his lands of Glenure called Blairboy, held of the crown. Witnesses : Peter Craik messenger to the queen, Rolland McCaquha and Alexander Thomsoun. (See R.M.S., 1546/80-676.). Galloway Charters"

I am very interested in the map portion you attached to your message in 2007. Do you know where the complete map can be seen or even what date it might be?
My Ferguson ancestors lived there in 1841 and one of my cousins went in 2004 and took pictures of remaining building.

Penningham Parish, Wigtownshire, Scotland.
refer attached 1832 map for details.

Thank you. I have been looking for a map that shows both Balterson and Clary. I was looking on ScotlandsPlaces.gov.uk but I still can't seem to zero in on the ones attached to this discussion.

I had a note "John Thompson's Atlas of Scotland 1832 who used the 1782 map, but made a few changes".

Ainslie's 1782 map is at :
http://maps.nls.uk/counties/view/?id=685

Thompson's 1832 map is at :
http://www.nls.uk/maps/early/540.html

Balterson (if this is the one you want) is just above Clary, south Penningham Parish, shown on previous attachments.

To find it go to one of the above maps, and click on the area just north of Wigton Bay and click again (or double click) to keep zooming in.