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 THIRD PERIOD 502 FALKLAND PALACE The palace was occupied both by Charles i. and Charles n. After the battle of Sheriffmuir, in 1715, it became the abode for a short period of a very different sort of personage. Rob Roy Macgregor took posses- sion of it, harried the country around, and carried off much booty to the Highlands. In Charles ii.'s time the building was greatly injured by fire, and