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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
THE BARMKYN The Barmykin
The Barmykin
The Barmykin
The Barmekin.
James Rait. Esqr. Keig
Revd. [Reverend] Mr Lowe Keig
Mr Benton, Farmer, Airlie
Collections of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff. page 619.
053 "There are two Druidical circles in the parish. One of them in the wood on the Cothiemuir Hill, within the grounds of Castle Forbes, and the *other on the top of a partly detached hill in the northwest part of the parish, comprising a circular enclosure of loose stones apparently the ruin of a rude wall, called "'The Barmekin" about 70 yards in diameter with a heap of stones near its centre." (From the Collections of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff p. [page] 619.)
*see Page 34. [Initialled] E.H.C.
CAIRN (Remains of) [The Barmkyn] Cairn (Remains of) James Rait. Esqr Keig
Revd [Reverend] Mr Lowe Keig
Mr Benton, Farmer, Airlie
Collections of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff. page 619.
053 It is not known whether this cairn or "heap of stones" be a sepulchral monument but it is considered to rank in antiquity with the Barmykin.

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Parish of Keig

[Note beside 'The Barmkyn'] - N.B. A similar Camp, though of larger diameter, exists in the Parish of Echt, Aberdeenshire. [Initialled] E.H.C. Capt. R.E. [Captain Royal Engineers]

"Barmkyn _ Bermkyn _ The rampart, or outermost well, or fortification of a castle. An aperture for musketry." (Jamieson)

"On the top of a partly detached hill in the north west part of the parish is a
circular enclosure of loose stones, apparently the ruins of a rude wall,
it is called the Barmekin, and is about 70 or 80 yards in diameter, with
a heap of stones near its centre. There is no satisfactory tradition connected
with it." (New. Stat. [Statistical] Act. [Account] P. [Page] 949)

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