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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INSCH (parish) | Parish of Insch Parish of Insch Parish of Insch |
Mr. A. Roger, Sen. [Senior]. Insch Mr. A. Roger, Jun. [Junior]. Insch Mr. John Gartley Insch |
034 ; 035 ; 043 ; 044 | [continued from page 1] from the north or west, were accustomed to travel. Nothing of the masonry of this fabric now remains, but its locality is strongly marked by a fosse which has surrounded it. Although no historical information regarding Dunnideer appears to be extant, some record is preserved with reference to its "Wardhouse", from which it would seem, that the later had continued a place of strength long after the Castle had ceased to be habitable. In the history of the Gordons, it is mentioned that, in the year 1647, young Leith of Wardhouse garrisoned the house of Wardhouse for the King, but was compelled to surrender it by The Parliamentary Generals, Middleton & Leslie, who appear to have visited the delinquency of its Garrison by a very different mode of treatment. "The Scots in the house were set at liberty; but there were sixteen Irish taken in it, all of whom, with the Captain who commanded them were hanged" Cas. Ar. [Castellated Architecture] P [Page] 22. Art Dunnideer. The whole of the masonry of this building was removed about 100 years ago, for the purpose of building the present house of Wardhouse - in the parish of Kennethmont. There are two stones of note in this parish, the Picardy Stone on the farm of Myreton, "Standing about 7½ feet in hight above the ground, with some carving apparently emblematical on the south face of it". The next is a stone built into the parish Church, "with the words Randolphos Sacerdos inscribed on it lengthwise, and after these, some date, which is illegible". The stone is about 6 feet long and 20 inches in breadth. There was was another stone, which stood on the north side of a small hill called Auchenbradie, called the Earl of Mar's chair, this stone was broken and built into the Mill of Boddam about the year 1828. In addition to these are the remains of several Stone Circles, the best of which is on the farm of Nether Boddam. There are three places of [continued on page 3] |
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