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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOTE HILL | Moat Hillock Moat Hillock Moat Hillock Mote Hillock |
Revd. [Reverend] William Reid Minister of Auchindoir Mr. W. Coutts Milltown Mr. Shearer Milltown |
042 | A small apparently artificial Mound of earth on the south east side of the Old Church. This is supposed by some to be the site of a Castle said to be mentioned by Boetius. |
| Supposed Site of CASTLE [Mote Hill] | Supposed site of Castle Supposed site of Castle Supposed site of Castle Supposed site of Castle |
Revd. [Reverend] William Reid Mr. Smith Schoolmaster Mr. Coutts Milltown Fullarton's Gazetteer of Scotland Vol 1 |
042 | It is extremely probable that this is the site of the Castle said to be Mentioned by Boetius as the "Castrum Auchindorie" there is but the slightest vestige of any remains of walls, it has been defended on three side by steep slopes and on the fourth by a moat or some similar excavation. It is now grown over with Fir Wood and there is nobody in the neighbourhood who remembers seeing any walls or other Masonry about the place. |
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[Page] 73Parish of Auchindoir & Kearn
MOTE HILL
Note _ A little hill , or burrow, anciently,
conventions were held on eminences." (Jamieson)
There may have been a wooden
Castle once on this Hillock, as at "The
Bass" at Inverury, in Aberdeenshire, & also
at the "Doune of Invernochty." The Hillock certainly bears
a strong resemblance in shape, etc. to both those objects.
Antiquarians however
concur that the site of
the "Castrum Auchindorie"
is that of the present
Craig Castle, as the Rock(or Craig) of Auchindoir gave its name to
the Barony of that name from very Early
times. see Letter attached from Mr. J.
Stuart, the Secretary of the Antiquarian
Society in Edinburgh.]
[Signed] E.H. Courtney Cap. R.E. [Captain Royal Engineers]
9th September 1866
[Fullerton's Gazetteer of Scotland Vol. [Volume] 1] Page 92, states, that *
"On a little hill close by the church," says the
Old Statistical Account, "there was anciently a
castle, said to be mentioned by Boetius, but
no traces of the walls of it remain. It has been de-
fended on three sides by rocks, and precipicies, and
on the fourth by a moat or deep excavation, evidently
the work of art."
*New Stat Act. [Statistical Account] P. [Page] 411
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