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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALL FOREST | Hall Forest Hall Forest Hall-Forest Hall-forest Hall Forest Hall Forest Hall Forest |
Fullarton's Gazetteer 1st edition Fullarton's Gazetteer 2nd edition Estate Plan dated 1845 Old Statistical Account Old Statistical Account Mr Alexander Watt Mr Thomas Watt |
64 | This name applies to a district which is partly arable, partly wooded and partly cultivated, and contains the old Castle of Hall Forest, the property of the Earl of Kintore. "This district is said to have anciently formed part of a royal forest, extending eastward hence to the church of Dyce; and the name Kintore,which seems to have been applied to the western or upper end of the forest, certainly signifies "the head of the wood". Part of the forest, with a hunting-seat or castle called Hall Forest, was given by Robert Bruce to Robert de Keith, great marischal of Scotland, after the Battle of Bannockburn; and the district still remains in the hands of his descendants, the family of Kintore, having been bestowed, in the 17th century, by the Earl Marischal, on his son Sir John Keith, who was created Earl of Kintore by Charles II, in 1677 on account of his alleged instrumentality in preserving the Regalia of Scotland during the troubles of the civil wars. The Castle comprised four stories, with battlements; and it still exists in a state of imposing ruin, a little south of the town of Kintore" Fullarton's Gazetteer |
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