 The restoration, which was featured on the series "The Restoration Man", is the subject of much controversy.In 1294 the estate of Caldwell had boundaries which abutted the Steward's forest of Fereneze.Sir Reginald More or Mure, of Abercorn, held the lands of Cowdams near Symington even before 1328 and his son Gilchrist Mure of Cowdams acquired the lands and castle of Caldwell through marriage to the heiress of Caldwell of that Ilk.