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FOURTH PERIOD 58 CAKEMUIR CASTLE Caikmuir, and built the castle ; he was styled as of Cakemuir in 1565,, but how long before that date he may have been in possession we do not know. There is a tradition that Queen Mary took refuge at Cakemuir in 156? on her way to join Both well after her escape from Borthwick Castle. Cakemuir must then have been quite new from the builder's hands. The large additions adjoining the tower to the west were made in 1761 FIG. 524. Cakemuir Castle. View on Battlements. by Henry Wauchope. Part of this was never finished. When we saw it more than a century afterwards, many of the partitions were only existing in lath. Andrew Wauchope, who died about 1794, was the last of the family who possessed Cakemuir. BISHOP'S HOUSE, ELGIN. Besides the Episcopal palace of Spynie, which has already been described, the Bishop of Moray had a small residence near the Cathedral, situated in what was the north-west corner of the enclosing wall of the Cathedral grounds. It is of comparatively small dimensions, and was probably only occupied by the Bishop occasionally, but it has some peculiar features well worthy of notice.