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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASTLE OF DUNNIDEER (Remains of) | Dunnideer Dunnideer Dunnideer Dunnideer |
Mr. P. Beattie, Dunnydeer, Mr. A. Roger. Jun. [Junior] Insch, Castl. Arch. [Castellated Architecture] of Aberdeenshire, by Sir Andrew Leith Hay Of Rannes K.H. F.R.S.E. Statistical Account of Aberdeenshire. |
044 | [Continued from page 53] inhabitants of a then barbarous country. Fordoun, and other historians, have recorded that Dunideer was the residence of Gregory the Great, King of Scotland, and that he died there in 897; whether antecedent to the erection of the tower, of which a wall is now standing, or, whether it comprised part of his residence, is left in perfect obscurity. That it must have been for many centuries an uninhabited ruin, appears to be proved by the fact, that, in more recent times, when the other castles in its neighbourhood, now also fallen into decay, are mentioned in history, as the scenes of many events, during the troubles and wars carried on in the North of Scotland, no notice is ever taken of the inmates of Dunnideer, which could not have been the case had it been in the occupation of proprietors during these times. It has been attempted to trace the erection of the tower to the reign of William the Lion, and ascribe it to his brother, David, Earl of Huntingdon and Garioch, but this does not appear to be authenticated. Extracts from The Castellated Architecture of Aberdeenshire, by Sir Andrew Leith Hay of Rannes, K.H., F.R.S.E., (page 22) "The Dundurn, in the Chronicle of St. Andrews, and the Dundurin of the Cronicon Elegiacum, mean the Dunaduine, the well known hill of Dunadeer, in the Garviach, Aberdeenshire, on the summit of this conical mount, there is the remains of An Ancient Castle, which had consisted of a double court of buildings, that appear to have been partly constructed of the ruined ramparts of a still older vitrified fortification, around the summit. The tradition of the country states, that this castle was inhabited by Greg, [Gregory] who therein finished quietly his guilty career. Description of the Garioch, in the Edinbugh Mag [Magazine] 1760 p. [page] 452. Cordiner's Antiq. [Antiquarian] p [page] 32.3; Statistical Account V. [Volume] 17 p. [page] 468, and the same tradition appears to have existed before the days of Fordun, who says, that Gregory, After a strenuous reign, closed his career at Dornedeere." Chalmers' Caledonia V [Volume] 1 p. [page] 383. |
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This is the ref to Cordiner's Antiq."Antiquities and Scenery of the North of Scotland, in a series of Letters, to Thomas Pennant, Esq." by the Reverend Charles Cordiner, Minister of St Andrew's Chapel Banff 1780
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