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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
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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