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| [Arbuthnott continued] | [continued from page 1] below the Barons house'. This derivation is perfectly applicable to the Site of the ancient Castle, and the present house, the residence of the Arbuthnott family, who have been from time immemorial proprietors of the greater part of this parish. The house stands on the narrow point of a projecting eminence overlooking the water of Bervie as it flows through a beautiful valley on the South, close beneath it on the east, a rapid rivulet, formerly of considerable size, runs through a deep hollow and joins the Bervie a few hundred yards below. This parish contains from 14 to 15 Square miles of Surface. Its greatest extent from east to west is about 5 miles, and from north to South about 4 1/2. It is bounded on the west by the water of Bervie, which Separates it from the parish of Fordoun, on the north by the Forthy, which separates it from Glenbervie, on the north east by Dunnottar, on the east by Kinneff on the South by the parish of Bervie, from which it is separated by the water of Bervie for 2 1/2 miles after which it turns to the South west on which side it is bounded by the parish of Garvock." (New Stat. Act.) [New Statistical Account] |
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Alison James- Moderator, hastingleigh
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