OS1/1/9/151
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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CASTLE (Remains of) [Forest of Birse] | Castle (Ruin) Castle (Ruin) Castle (Ruin) |
Mr James Ritchie Releiving Officer Auchnafoy Mr James Grant Ballochan Mr Alexander Mitchell Auld Garney |
102 | "In the district called the Forest, stands part of an old Castlellated ruin, on which, however, no date can be seen. It appears to have been built at a period when there were no settled inhabitants in that Glen. Tradition says it was erected by a Bishop Gordon of Aberdeen, for a hunting seat." (Extract from Statistical Account.) |
BRUNTLAND | Bruntland Bruntland Bruntland |
Mr James Ritchie Mr James Grant Mr A. Mitchell | 102 | A farm house and the property of the Marquis of Huntly. |
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[Page] 151Parish of Birse
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