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KINTORE [Parish] |
Kintore
Kintore
Kintore
Kintore
Kintore
Kintore
Kintore
Kintore |
Sheriff's List of parishes
New Statistical Account
Old Statistical Account
Fullarton's Gazetteer
Philips' County Atlas
Oliver & Boyd's Almanac
Ainslies Map of Scotland
Johnston's County Map |
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The parish of Kintore is in the Presbytery of Garioch and Synod of Aberdeen; it contains about [blank] Statute Acres and is bounded on the north by the parish of Inverury; on the west, by the parish of Kemnay; On the south, by the parishes of Skene and Kinellar; And on the east, by the parishes of Fintray, and Keith Hall, & Kinkell.
The town of Kintore is situated in east of the parish and it forms the Parliamentary Borough of Kintore, which is not coterminus with the Municipal Borough Boundary
The Municipal Borough of Kintore includes the parliamentary Borough and consists of the whole of the South east corner of Kintore parish and a small portion of the parish of Kinellar.
The surface of this parish is broken by frequent inequalities; but there is no eminence of great elevation. The lands immediately on the banks of the river, are flat, and very liable to be inundated, which renders the crops on them very precarious. There are no detached portions of Kintore parish; nor are there any detached portions of any other parish situated within it. |
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County of Aberdeen Parish of Kintore |
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INVERURY BREWERY |
Inverury Brewery
Inverury Brewery
Inverury Brewery |
Thomas Tait Esqr.
Mr. Andrew Reit
Mr. Alexander Watt |
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A block of buildings in the village of Port Elphinstone and with the exceptions of Clerk's office and an office house is used as a brewery |
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INVERURY BRIDGE A.D. 1791. |
Inverury Bridge
Inverury Bridge
Inverury Bridge |
Thomas Tait Esq.
Mr. Andrew Reit
Mr. Alexander Watt |
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A stone bridge, consisting of three arches of very large span - the abutments resting on two Islands - which crosses the River Don, between the village of Port Elphinstone And the Burgh of Inverury on the toll road leading from Aberdeen to Inverness Erected (Date on Bridge) 1791 |
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DUNCAN'S FOREST |
Duncan's Forest
Duncan's Forest
Duncan's Forest |
Estate Plan 1803
Thomas Tait Esq.
Mr. Andrew Reit
Mr. Alexander Watt |
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An enclosed field of heathy pasture, and scattered fir trees, formerly wooded, extending from near the summit of Shaw Hill to the boundary betwen the parishes of Kemny and Kintore. Propery of D F Mitchell Esq Thainstone |
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Aberdeenshire Parish of Kintore
DUNCAN'S FOREST
Called after a son (Duncan) of a former laird about a century ago. JMD |
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BROOM LODGE |
Broom Lodge
Broom Lodge
Broom Lodge
Broomend Cottage |
Thomas Tait Esq.
Mr. Andrew Reit
Mr. Alexander Watt
Valuation Roll 1859-60 |
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A handsome Cottage, one storey, slated, and enclosed within a small portion of ornamental ground. Feued, Convenient to it are three standing stones which mark the site or course of the old road leading from Aberdeen to Inverness |
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BROOMEND |
Broomend
Broomend
Broomend
Broomend |
Thomas Tait Esqr.
Mr. Andrew Reit
Mr. Alexander Watt
Valuation Roll 1859. 60 |
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Formerly a farmsteading, presently occupied as tenements by families employed at the Inverury paper Mill. Feued by Thomas Tait Esq. Crichie |
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INVERURY PAPER MILL |
Inverury Mill
Inverury Mill
Inverury Mill |
Thomas Tait Esq.
Mr. Andrew Reit
Mr. Alexander Watt |
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A paper manufactory, water power, erected on a part of the Aberdeen Canal, of which a part remains open for the purpose of supplying water. Property of Thomas Tait Esq. Crichie |
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The word "Fewed" halfway through the description of Broom Lodge may be intended to be feued, though no tenant is named. Cf. entry for Broomend. Suggestions / alterations welcome! |
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WOODSIDE COTTAGE |
Woodside Cottage
Woodside Cottage |
Thomas Tait Esq.
Mr. Andrew Reit
Mr. Alexander Watt |
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A small farmsteading a neat dwelling house 2 storeys offices one, all Slated and in good repair Feued by Mr Robert Reid. residing there |
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POST OFFICE [Port Elphinstone] |
Post Office
Post Office
Post Office |
Thomas Tait Esq.
Mr. Andrew Reit
Mr. Alexander Watt |
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A branch of the Keith Hall post office (Inverury) for the accommodation of the village of Port Elphinstone Arrivals two - 10 A.M and 3 oC [O'Clock] P.M. Dispatches two - 8 oC [O'Clock] A.M & 10 oC [O'Clock] P.M. |
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STANDING STONES [Crossed out] |
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BRUCE'S CAVE |
Bruce's Cave
Bruce's Cave
Bruce's Cave |
Thomas Tait Esq.
Mr. Andrew Reit
Mr. Alexander Watt |
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A crevice in a shelving rock at the Junction of the Parishes of Kintore and Kemnay in the river Don, is Called Bruce's Cave, and is said to have Concealed the person of King Robert after being defeated by some Highland Clan and previous to his Encamping on Shaw hill |
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BLACK POT OF ARDTANNES |
Black Pot of Ardtannis
Black Pot of Ardtannis
Black Pot of Ardtannis |
Thomas Tait Esq.
Mr. Andrew Reit
Mr. Alexander Watt |
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A portion of the River Don situated between the weir which crosses the river near Bruces Cave and the Junction of the Parishes of Kintore and Kemnay |
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URNS, CONTAINING ASHES, ALSO HEADS OF AXES AND CHARRED VEGETABLE MATTER FOUND HERE A.D. 1858 [nr Black Pot of Ardtannes] |
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At about 23 chains east of this place, an Urn containing ashes, supposed to be human remains, also heads of axes, and charred vegetable matter, was found in 1858 by workmen employed trenching and draining the land. |
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Aberdeenshire Parish of Kintore
BLACK POT OF ARDTANNES
See Correspondence altered by order of Col. [Colonel] Cameron R.E. [Royal Engineers] |
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BRUCE'S CAMP |
Bruce's Camp
Bruce's Camp
Bruce's Camp |
Thomas Tait Esq.
Donside Guide Book
Mr. Alexander Watt |
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An enclosure of irregular dimensions, on the summit of Shaw Hill It is surrounded by a single embankment composed of stones and earth The Donside Guide Book says:- "On the Hill of Crichie are the remains of an old scotch Camp, where it is said King Robert lay ill of a distemper before his victory over the Cummings on the Hill of Barra." |
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PORT ELPHINSTONE STATION |
Port Elphinstone Station
Port Elphinstone Station
Port Elphinstone Station |
Thomas Tait Esq.
Mr. Andrew Reit
Mr. Alexander Watt |
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A Station on the Great North of Scotland Railway. It is used for Goods only, there being no other building but a shed. |
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RIDING STONE |
Riding Stone
Riding Stone
Riding Stone |
Thomas Tait Esq.
Mr. Andrew Reit
Mr. Alexander Watt |
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A large boulder in the River Don, between Inverury Bridge and the Confluence of the Ury with the Don, where the old road from Aberdeen Crossed. It was Considered unsafe to Cross, or ford the river when the warter rose above the level of this stone |
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PORT ELPHINSTONE T.P. |
Port Elphinstone T.P. [Turnpike]
Port Elphinstone T.P. [Turnpike]
Port Elphinstone T.P. [Turnpike] |
Estate Plan - 1859
Mr. Andrew Reit
Mr. Alexander Watt |
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A dwellinghouse one storey slated and in good repair - at the toll gate on the Road leading from Port Elphinstone to Kemnay and Alford. property of the Trustees |
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GRANITE COTTAGE |
Granite Cottage
Granite Cottage
Granite Cottage |
Thomas Tait Esq.
Mr. Andrew Reit
Mr. Alexander Watt |
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A handsome dwellinghouse two Storeys slated and in good repair. Enclosed within a small portion of ornamental ground, adjoining the village of Port Elphinstone Property and residence of -- Bremmer Esq. |
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COBLE HAUGH |
Coble Haugh
Coble Haugh
Coble Haugh |
Burgh Plan, dated 1852
A. B. Davidson Esq. 3 Union Terrace, Aberdeen
Mr. William Taylor Assessor, Inverury |
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This name applies to a piece of level land embracing part of Port Elphinstone, and on the west margin of the River Don. It is in the Municipal Burgh of Inverury and property of the Earl of Kintore. |
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HOW FERRY (Disused) |
How Ferry (disused)
How Ferry (disused)
How Ferry (disused) |
A. B. Davidson Esq.
Mr. William Taylor
Mr. Alexander Watt Kintore |
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A place on the River Don where a Ferry Boat formerly plied, at this point the Municipal boundary of Inverury leaves the river and turns westward, in order to embrace within its limits the Coble Haugh, and Broom Inch. |
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BROOM INCH |
Broom Inch
Broom Inch
Broom Inch |
Burgh Plan, dated 1852
A. B. Davidson Esq.
Mr. Alexander Watt |
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This name applies to an island in the River Don, and a small piece of level land which is bounded on the west by the municipal boundary of Inverury, property of the Earl of Kintore. |
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HOW FORD (Disused |
How Ford (disused)
How Ford (disused)
How Ford (disused) |
A. B. Davidson Esq.
Mr. William Taylor
Mr. Alexander Watt |
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A disused ford on the River Don, at the place where the old Aberdeen Road crossed the River. and where the Roman Road is said, also, to have crossed it. |
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SCHOOL [Port Elphinstone] |
School
School
School |
Thomas Tait Esq.
Mr. Andrew Reit
Mr. Alexander Watt |
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A subscription school in the village of Port Elphinstone for the accommodation of children living in that village and neighbourhood, daily average attendance, male and female 90 scholars. It is attached to no church. |
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ABERDEEN CANAL (Disused) |
Aberdeen Canal
Aberdeen Canal
Aberdeen Canal
Aberdeen Canal
Aberdeen Canal
Aberdeen Canal |
Thomas Tait Esq.
Mr. Andrew Reit
Mr. Alexander Watt
Keiths Aberdeenshire 1811
Fullarton's Gazetteer 2nd edition
Estate Plan, dated 1845 |
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"Immediately below an elegant bridge over the Don, a portion of the waters of this river is Carried away in a pretty deep Channel in order to feed the navigable Canal which is carried 18 miles, following it windings to the harbour of Aberdeen"
The only portion of the Canal open is: about 60 chains or thereabout immediately where it joins the River Don, and from near the flour mill in Portelphinstone to the Paper Mill Inverury Mill. Chiefly for Conveying water to the Mill. Its course may be traced in many places within the ph. [parish] and some of the milestones are still standing on its partly levelled banks |
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PINESHAW COTTAGE |
Pineshaw Cottage
Pineshaw Cottage
Pineshaw Cottage |
Thomas Tait Esqr.
Mr. Andrew Reit
Mr. Alexander Watt |
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A neat dwelling house, one Storey, and slated, adjoining Pineshaw Nursery Feued by Mr. Robert Milne, residing there |
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PINESHAW NURSERY |
Pineshaw Nursery
Pineshaw Nursery
Pineshaw Nursery |
Thomas Tait Esq.
Mr. Andrew Reit
Mr. Alexander Watt |
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A large enclosure on the hill west of Port Elphinstone where the seedling plants of most british and some Foreign trees and shrubs are reared, property of the Earl of Kintore |
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VICTORIA TERRACE [Port Elphinstone] |
Victoria Terrace
Victoria Terrace
Victoria Terrace |
Thomas Tait Esq.
Mr. Andrew Reit
Mr. Alexander Watt |
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The only street in the village of Port Elphinstone having a name runs parallel with the toll Road which passes through the village. The name has been applied ever since the occasion of her Majesty Queen Victoria passing through on a visit to the Earl of Aberdeen at Haddo House |
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STANDING STONE (Sculptured) [Crichie] |
Standing Stone (Sculptured) |
Thomas Tait Esq.
Mr. Andrew Reit
Mr. Alexander Watt |
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This stone formerly stood about fifty yards east north east of its present position where it was removed to prevent it being injured. It now stands in the centre of a Druidical Temple, but is not supposed to have ever formed a part of it.
"The Stone at Crichie stands a short distance eastwards from an entrenched stone circle, which is fifty feet in diameter - surrounded by a moat, twenty feet wide and six deep - with two entrances of nine feet wide, immediately opposite to each other, being North and South. The pillar is of granite; Other sculptured stones have been found in this parish, of which Drawings will be found in the present work."
Sculptured Stones of Scotland
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Site of STANDING STONE (Sculptured, Removed to the adjacent Druidical Temple) [Crichie] |
Site of Standing Stone (Sculptured) |
Thomas Tait Esq.
Mr. Andrew Reit
Mr. Alexander Watt |
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The original position of the foregoing Standing Stone, it was removed within the limits of the adjacent Druidical Temple a few years since, to prevent its being injured. |
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NEW INN [Port Elphinstone] |
New Inn
New Inn
New Inn |
Thomas Tait Esqr.
Mr. Andrew Reit
Mr. Alexander Watt |
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An ordinary Public house in the village of Port Elphinstone. it is a two storey building, and possesses very little accomodation for travellers. property of Mr. J. Thomson. Port Elphinstone. |
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STANDING STONE [Crichie] |
Standing Stone
Standing Stone
Standing Stone |
Thomas Tait Esqr.
Mr. Andrew Reit
Mr. Alexander Watt |
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The southernmost of three Standing Stones which skirt the old road leading from Aberdeen to Inverury. It is 3 ½ feet in height, 2 feet broad, and 18 inches thick. Excavations have been made around the base of this Stone, but nothing was discovered. Like the two at its north, it is supposed to be Druidical. There is no tradition associated with either of these three stones. |
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An URN CONTAINING ASHES FOUND HERE A.D. 1858 [Crichie] |
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In 1858 some workmen were employed digging sand from a small knoll, a short distance south from this Stone, and during their operations discovered an Urn containing ashes embedded therein. |
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STANDING STONE [Crichie] |
Standing Stone
Standing Stone
Standing Stone |
Thomas Tait Esq.
Mr Andrew Rait
Mr Alexander Watt |
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The northernmost of three Standing Stones which skirt the old road leading from Aberdeen to Inverury. It is 6 feet high, 2½ feet broad and 18 inches thick. In digging about its base some years since, an Urn containing ashes was discovered. Whether it be Druidical, or a Sepulchral monument of a more recent date, is not known, but it is generally supposed to be the former. |
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An URN CONTAINING ASHES FOUND HERE [standing stone, Crichie] |
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STANDING STONE [Crichie] |
Standing Stone
Standing Stone
Standing Stone |
Thomas Tait Esq.
Mr Andrew Rait
Mr Alexander Watt |
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The central one of three Standing Stones, which skirt the old road leading from Aberdeen to Inverury. It is 4 feet in height, 1½ feet thick, and 2½ feet broad, and like the one north of it, also had an Urn containing ashes, at its base. It is also supposed to be Druidical. |
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An URN CONTAINING ASHES FOUND HERE [standing stone, Crichie] |
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STONE CIRCLE (Remains of) [Crichie] |
Druidical Temple
Druidical Temple
Druidical Temple |
Mr Alexander Watt, Kintore
Mr Thomas Tait
Mr Andrew Reit |
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"The curious circle at Crichie, in
the immediate neighbourhood of
the sculptured pillar on Plate 1a,
has been described in the notices of
the plates. P6. [Plate 6] The circle is surrounded
by a moat twenty feet wide and six deep, with two
entrances of nine feet wide, carried across the moat on
the north and south sides. Originally, the circle had consisted of six stones, besides one in the centre. Of these, two only
are now standing, one on each side of the north entrance to the circle. The other stones were used for building purposes
many years ago. Sepulchral deposits were found near the site of all the stones. On digging about one of them on
the north side, an urn was found inverted, having a small flat stone above it, and another below it, and filled
with calcined bones. This urn was about a foot in height, narrowed at the top, and having diagonal lines
on the narrow rim for ornament. Near the base of another stone on the same side of the circle, was found
embedded in clay, a circular cist about nine inches in diameter and a foot deep, filled with calcined bones.
This cist was shaped like an urn, and was lined with small stones, evidently broken for the purpose. Close
to this pit was found a Stone Celt, perforated by a hole for the handle and at a little distance from this,
a deposit of calcined bones uninclosed and somewhat further to the south an urn. On digging on the south
side of the spot where a stone had formerly stood, a small stone cist, nearly square was found, being about
eleven inches by nine, and about sixteen inches deep, with small flat stones at the bottom, and half filled
with remains of bones. Close to the former site of another stone now removed, was found an urn of better
workmanship than that formerly referred to, about three and a half inches in width at the bottom, and
widening towards the top, where it measured about seven and a half inches. At the neck, which was
narrowed, there are some traces of ornament of angular pattern, consisting of diagonal lines crossing each
other like a St. Andrew's Cross. It was filled with calcined bones, some of them, those of animals. Close to
the former site of a fifth stone was found a circular deposit of bones in a clay bed, without cist or urn.
On digging about the spot wher a sixth stone had stood, it appeared that a deposit had been buried near it
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Aberdeenshire Parish of Kintore
STONE CIRCLE
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Druidical Temple Continued
it also, about the usual distance
of one and a half feet from it. This deposit, however,
had been disturbed, probably by a tree which had been planted close to it / A stone had stood in the centre of the circle,
and a digging at this site brought to light a large underground cairn of stones covering a cist. The cairn was
about five and a half feet in depth, forty five feet in circumference at the surface, and thirty at the top. The bottom
was paved with large slabs of stone, of which those at the sides overlapped the edges of one large one in the centre, which
formed the cover of a cist, three feet eleven inches long by two feet ten inches wide. The cist contained a skull at
the west end. At the opposite end were the leg bones, lying across the cist. In the centre of the cist were some
calcined bones. Above the centre of the cairn, just below the superincumbent earth, was found a deposit of
calcined bones, without any urn or flat stones above or below. All the bones found in the circle appeared to be
calcined. Those in the urn first referred to appeared to be partly human and partly those of small animals, if
not of birds. A human jaw-bone in this urn was unmistakeable,- small and delicate, like that of a woman."
Sculptured Stones of Scotland
A sculptured Standing Stone stood, a few years since, about 50 yards east north east of
the circle, it was removed from its original position within the circle, where it now stands, it
is not supposed to have formed any portion of the circle.
The Old Statistical Account calls the foregoing
circle Bruce's How. From the circumstance of the circular entrenchment, it was long supposed to have
been an outpost of the camp on Shaw Hill. The researches of the Antiquarians have, however, proved
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PORT ELPHINSTONE |
Port Elphinstone
Port Elphinstone
Port Elphinstone
Port Elphinstone
Port Elphinstone
Port - Elphinstone
Port - Elphinstone |
Estate Plan 1859
Thomas Tait Esq.
Estate Map, dated 1845.
New Statistical Account.
Valuation Roll 1859-60.
Fullarton's Gazetteer, 2nd edition.
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc in Scotland, dated 1857 |
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A modern village situated in the north End of the Parish of Kintore, and within the Parlimentary Burgh boundary of Inverury. The houses are all feued the first being built on the opening of the Aberdeen Canal, which, terminated here.There is but one named street. The greater part of the village being built on either sides of the Toll Road which passes through from Aberdeen to Inverury and the north. There is a subscription school for the accommodation of the children residing in the village and its neighbourhood, and a post office. A branch of the Great North of Scotland Railways diverts of the through line near the Railway Bridge across the River Don, for the accommodation of the extensive Corn and flour mill, and the Brewery. around the village, especially, on the hill side facing the Don, are a few handsome Cottages, Some have names others not distinguished by any. Pineshaw Nursery including some acres has effected a great improvement in the hill top west of the village which is annually increasing both in size and general business. |
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CRICHIE |
Crichie
Crichie
Crichie
Crichie
Crichie
Crichie
Cruchie
Crichie |
Estate Plan 1810
Estate Plan 1823
Estate Plan 1839
Estate Plan 1845
Valuation Roll 1859 - 60
New Statistical Account
Old Statistical Account
Sculptured Stones of Scotland 1856 |
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A large farmsteading dwelling house and offices. One Storey slated and in good repair. Property of The Right Honorable the Earl of Kintore |
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SCULPTURED STONE FOUND HERE A.D. 1853 [River Don] |
Sculptured Stone found here A.D. 1853 |
Thomas Tait Esq.
Mr Andrew Reit
Mr Alexander Watt |
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"The Stone in the Don was discovered in August, 1853, lying in the river, about 200 yards above the point were the Railway Bridge is now built across the stream. The Stone had probably been placed on the bank, but as the course of the river has been repeatedly changed, it is impossible to ascertain its precise original site. It is a rough block of whin, and the sculptor has made no attempt to smooth its surface, as his lines are carried through all its natural irregularities"
Sculptured Stones of Scotland
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SHAW HILL |
Shaw Hill
Shaw Hill
Shaw Hill
hill of Thainston Cruchy
Thainstoun
Cruchie
Thainstone hill
Shaw Hill
Shaw Hill |
Estate Plan
Thomas Tait Esq
Mr Andrew Reit
New Statistical Account
Old Statistical Account
Fullarton's Gazetteer, 1st edition
Fullarton's Gazetteer, 2nd edition
Mr G Cruickshank, Factor, Home Farm, Thainston
Mr Alexander Watt, Kintore |
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The highest ground in the Parish of Kintore, and situated in the north-west end of the Parish, between Thainston and the River Don. The part on the Kintore property is wooded and called Crichie Plantation that on the Thainstone property, partly wooded, and embraces part of Duncan's Forest and Bruce's Camp.
The Old and New Statistical Accts, [Accounts] and Fullarton's Gazetteer call this hill Thainston, and Cruchie, they are, however, wrong. The hill is situated on the two properties ie Thainston and Crichie, but it is not Known by either of these names. All old residents in the Parish call it Shaw Hill. |
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CRICHIE PLANTATION |
Crichie Plantation
Crichie Plantation
Crichie Plantation |
Estate Plan 1845
Mr Andrew Reit
Thomas Tait Esq. |
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The north side of Shaw Hill, thickly covered with fir wood, and includes a part of Bruce's Camp. Property of the Right Hon [Honourable] the Earl of Kintore, Keith Hall by Inverury. |
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MILL OF THAINSTON |
Mill of Thainston
Mill of Thainston
Mill of Thainston
Milltoun of Thainstone |
Estate Plan 1803 Thomas Tait Esq.
Mr Andrew Reit, S. [School] Master
Valuation Roll 1859-60 |
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A farmsteading, dwelling house and offices one storey slated and in middling repair. The threshing mill attached, was formerly a Corn and barley meal mill. Property of Duncan Forbes Mitchell Esq. Thainstone, Kintore. |
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BOAT OF THAINSTON |
Boat of Thainston
Boat of Thainston
Boat of Thainston
Boat Croft, Thainstone |
Estate Plan 1803
Thomas Tait Esq.
Mr Andrew Reit
Valuation Roll 1859-60 |
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A small farmsteading, dwellinghouse and offices one storey thatched and in middling repair. The Ferry across the River Don at this place is included with the farm. Property of D F Mitchell Esq. Thainstone |
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Aberdeenshire Parish of Kintore |
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UPPER TILTY |
Upper Tilty
Upper Tilty
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Tilty, Upper |
Estate Plan 1803)
Mr George Cruickshank Factor. Thainstone
Mr A. Bruce, Tenant
Valuation Roll 1859-60
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc. in Scotland, dated 1857 |
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A small farmsteading, with a long low dwelling house, one storey, and offices and, part thatched and part slated, the whole in middling repair. The property of D. F. Mitchell Esq. Thainstone |
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UPPER TAVELTY [1895] |
For 1" [inch] purposes only. See Remarks in Index 1895 |
Tilty was common when the names were collected, but a new owner insisted on a change to the old form. |
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Mr James Macdonald The Farm Huntly N.B. [North Britain] |
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LOWER TILTY |
Lower Tilty
Lower Tilty
Lower Tilty
Lower Tilty
Lower Tilty
Tilty, Lower |
Estate Plan (1803)
Mr G. Cruickshank
Mr A. Bruce,
Mr. A Smith (Tenant)
Valuation Roll 1859-60
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc. in Scotland, dated 1857 |
055 |
A small farmsteading, dwelling house one story, & offices and, the whole thatched & in bad repair. The property of D. F. Mitchell. Esq. Thainstone |
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LOWER TAVELTY [1895] |
For 1" [inch] purposes only. See Remarks in Index 1895 |
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Mr James Macdonald The Farm Huntly N.B. [North Britain] |
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FREE CHURCH MANSE [nr Lower Tilty] |
Free Church Manse |
Mr G. Cruickshank
Mr A. Bruce
Revd. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Simpson |
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A comfortable neat dwelling house, 2 storys, with offices attached. The Property of the Free Church body of Presbyterians, |
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JOHNSFOREST |
Johnsforest
Johnsforest
Johnsforest |
Mr George Cruickshank
Mr A. Strachan. Tenant
Mr Alexander Watt, Kintore |
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A small farmsteading, dwelling house and offices one storey. Slated and newly erected, the property of D. Forbes Mitchell Esq. Thainston, by Kintore. |
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BLACKLAND WELL |
Blackland Well
Blackland Well
Blackland Well |
Mr George Cruickshank
Mr A. Strachan
Mr Alexander Watt |
054 |
A small Spring Well situated on the boundary between the parishes of Kemnay and Kintore |
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BALBITHAN ISLAND |
Balbithan Island
Balbithan Island
Balbithan Island
Balbithan |
Mr George Cruickshank
Mr A Strachan
Mr Alexander Watt
Fullarton's Gazetteer, 1st edition |
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A large arable island in the River Don, a little north east of Kintore, the property of the Right Honbl [Honourable] the Earl of Kintore. |
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JOHNSFOREST
Planted by John Mitchell, laird of Thainston about a century ago. JMD |
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TOM'S FOREST |
Tom's Forest
Tom's Forest
Tom's Forest |
Estate Plan dated 1845
Mr F. Edmond
Mr G. Cruickshank |
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A district composed, principally, of wood and extending from Clovenstone to the boundary between the parishes of Kintore and Kemnay, it is intersected from East to West by the Alford Valley Railway. the property of the Earl of Kintore, Keithhall, Inverury.
planted about 1778 & called after Dr. [Doctor] Thom of Craibstone then Factor to Lord Kintore. JMD |
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BOGFUR |
Bogfur
Bogfur
Bogfur
Bogfur |
Estate Plan, dated 1803
Mr G. Cruickshank
Mr W. Downey. Tenant
Valuation Roll 1859-60 |
054 |
A small farmsteading, dwelling house and offices one storey in height, thatched and in good repair, property of D. Forbes Mitchell Esq. Thainston, Kintore. |
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FLINT ARROWHEADS FOUND HERE ABOUT 1821 [Bogfur] |
Flint Arrow heads supposed to be Roman found here, about 1821 |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr G. Cruickshank
Mr J. Christie |
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About the year 1821 a herd-boy digging about the sand, at this place, found as many Flint Arrow heads as filled his Cap, they were supposed to be Roman. It is not known in what manner they were disposed of. |
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STONE CIRCLE (Remains of) [Camiestone] |
Druidical Temple
Druidical Temple
Druidical Temple |
Mr G. Cruickshank
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr J. Christie |
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A Circular enclosure, wooded said to be the remains of a Druidical place of worship. one stone only, is standing, this is about 4 feet high. There is no tradition associated with this place. |
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CAMIESTONE |
Camiestone
Camiestone
Camiestone
Camiestone
Camiestone
Cammiestane
Comistone |
Estate Plan, dated 1803
Mr G. Cruickshank
Mr W. Taylor. Tenant
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc. in Scotland, dated 1857
Valuation Roll 1859-60
Old Statistical Account
County Map |
054 |
A large farmsteading, dwelling house and offices one storey in height, slated and in good repair. property of D. Forbes Mitchell Esq. Thainston. |
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STONE CIRCLE
Altered to Stone Circle in accordance
with orders from Southampton dated 10th Dec. 1864 [ ] |
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CAMIESTONE COTTAGES |
Camiestone Cottages
Camiestone Cottages
Camiestone Cottages
Camiestone Cottages
Croft of Camiestone |
Mr G. Cruickshank
Mr W. Taylor
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr J. Christie
Valuation Roll 1857-8 |
054 |
Two Cothouses, one storey in height, thatched, and in good repair the property of D. Forbes Mitchell Esq. Thainston. |
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GOUROCK BURN |
Gourock Burn
Gourock Burn
Gourock Burn |
Mr G. Cruickshank
Mr W. Taylor
Mr Alexander Watt |
054 |
A small stream which rises on the boundary between the parishes of Kintore and Kemnay a short distance South of Blackland Hill, and on arriving near the village of Kintore, becomes Bridgealehouse Burn. These two streams had formerly a separate course to the Don, but they now form one stream, artificial channels having been cut for that purpose. |
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CLOVEN STONE |
Cloven Stone
Cloven Stone
Cloven Stone |
Mr G. Cruickshank
Mr J. Christie
Mr Alexander Watt |
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A Large rock situated on the boundary between the properties of Kintore and Thainston, it is split in several pieces, from which circumstance it has derived it's name. It defines the north-west point of the Municipal boundary of Kintore. There is no tradition associated with it.
A boundary stone one half lies on Thainston & the other on Kintore land.
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HOME FARM |
Home Farm
Home Farm
Home Farm |
Estate Map dated 1803
Mr G. Cruickshank
Mr J. Christie |
054 |
A large farmsteading dwelling house and offices one storey in height, slated and in very good repair, the property of D. F. Mitchell Esq. Thainston. |
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CAMIES' GRAVE |
Camies' Grave
Camies' Grave
Camies' Grave
see note page 32
JMD |
Mr G. Cruickshank
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr J Christie |
054 |
The reputed burying place of Camus or Cambus, it is composed of four large stones about 2 feet broad and 4 feet long, placed upright in the ground, and covered with a large granite flag. This place was opened a few years since, but nothing was found in it excepting a few black ashes.
The reputed occupant of this grave is said to have been a General in the Danish Army, near this place he met his death in an engagement with the Scots and here was buried.
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CAMIES' STONE |
Camus Stone
Camies' Stone
Camies' Stone
Camies' Stone
Camiestane |
The Sculptured Stones of Scotland 1856
Mr G. Cruickshank
Mr J. Christie
Mr Alexander Watt Kintore
New Statistical Account page 659 |
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An upright stone, four feet high, and 18 inches square at the base, which is traditionally said to mark the spot where a Danish General named Camus or Cambus was slain at some remote period. The site of the battle in which Camus was Killed cannot be pointed out, and from the following extract taken from a work belonging to the Spalding Antiquarian Club, entitled "The Sculptured Stones of Scotland, 1856." it would appear doubtful if ever such an engagement took place,or, that such an individual as Camus, as a Danish leader, ever existed. |
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"This Represents the Cross at Camuston
near Panmure, and is popularly supposed to mark the spot where Camus, said to have been the Commander
of the Danes, fell, on his retreat from the Battle of Barry. This supposition has gained credit, from the circumstance
of a stone coffin having been found near the place, about the beginning of the seventeenth century,
containing a skeleton of large size, of which the skull seemed to have been cut away by the stroke of a sword.
The following is Commissary Maule's descriptionof it, as given in Gordon's "Hinerarium", the only authority
in which any account of it is known to exist:- "About eight miles from Brechin, at Karbodds, a place
belonging to the Earl of Crawford, is to be seen the vestiges of a Danish Camp, fortified with a rampart and
ditch, and vulgarly called Norway Dikes; near which is the village of Panbride, where was anciently a church,
dedicated to St Brigide, because, on that Saint's day, which preceded the battle, Camus, General of the
Danes, pitched his camp there. Not far from whence is the Village of Barry, where a mighty battle was
fought between the Danes and Scots, with great slaughter on both sides, near the mouth of a small
rivulet called Loch Tay. There, many little artificial mounts, or tumuli, are still to be seen, within which
were buried the bodies of those slain in the fight; and because the soil thereabouts is sandy, the wind
blowing away the sand, frequently discovers bones of a size much exceeding men of our age. Near
this is Camus Town, a village belonging to the Barons of Panmure, and noted for the death of Camus"
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Camies' Stone Continued
"Camus, slain there, it being
only a mile from the field of
battle. There, to this day, is to be seen an obelisk,
whereon little is engraven, to evince the truth thereof; for, upon the east side is the figure of Moses (if I mistake not)
giving out the Law, engraven in three divisions: and on the side towards the west, upon the upper part, is the effigies of
our Saviour on the Cross; below which is the representation of a horseman shooting with a cross-bow. This is all I
could observe at that time; but nine years after I note that treatise, a plough, turning up the ground near this obelisk,
discovered a large sepulchur, believed to be that of Camus, inclosed with four great stones. Here, a large skeleton was
dug up, supposed to have been the body of Camus. It appeared to have received it's death by a wound on the back part of
the head, seeing a considerable part of the skull was cut away, and probably by the stroke of a sword.'"
"There is nothing in the appearance of the cross, or in the emblems on it, to lead to the conclusion that it was
intended to communicate a Danish leader who had fallen in action; indeed a base inspection of the Cross seems
almost sufficient to confute the notion. But it has been doubted whether the Danes had any leader named
Camus: it is not a Danish name, and it is not found in the older chronicles. The name of the place, too, is
spelled in old writs, and even to this day, Cambestowne, and is found in other parts of Scotland as at
Commestoune or Comiston on Kincardineshire, where also Camus is said to have fallen; and in Castian
de Camys, in Inverness-shire; Villa de Cambus and Cammis, Cambusbarsloy, and Cammismore
in Perthshire: Cambuskenneth, Cambusmichael, etc; but it is useless to accumulate instances. To these, however,
may be added the Camus Stone, which formerly stood near the Borough Muir of Edinburgh, and
the Camus Stone of Kintore, Aberdeenshire"
The name of this Stone is locally pronounced 'Camies',
it is probably a corruption of 'Camus' - there is a farm called Camiestone, on which the Stone stands;
there is a place also called "Camies' Grave", the reputed burying place of the supposed Danish General.
There is another on the Burgh Muir of Edinburgh & another in one of the Border Counties. The whole story of Camus
I think is a work of fiction. Camiestone & Cambistowne are two entirely different words. Stone, if accented, is a stone, if
unaccented is a town. This rule applies almost universally. "Camie" is a Scotch word derived from Gaelic Cairn crooked
sloping hence CamieStone may be sloping stone. In Kintore also was Cross. Carnshach with the same meaning & also
Souton Stone in Key(?). No doubt some one may have been buried at "Camies Stone" but not "General Cambus." JMD |
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NEWTON |
Newton
Newton
Newton
Newton |
Estate Plan, dated 1805
Mr George Cruickshank, Factor, Thainston, by Kintore
Mr J. Mortimer, Clovenstone, by Kintore
Valuation Roll 1859 - 60 |
054 |
A farm steading, dwelling house and offices one storey in height, Slated and in good repair the property of D. J Mitchell Esq. Thainston, by Kintore. |
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THAINSTON |
Thainston
Thainston
Thainston
Thainston
Thainstone
Thainstown
Thainston-house
Thainston Ho |
Estate Plan, dated 1803
Mr George Cruickshank
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc in Scotland 1857
New Statistical Account
Old Statistical Account
Fullarton's Gazetteer, 1st edition
Fullarton's Gazetteer, 2nd edition
County Map |
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A large and commodious Mansion, three stories in height, in very good repair, the property & residence of Duncan Forbes Mitchell Esq.
"The mansion house of Thainston is the only private modern building of any consideration in the Parish."
New Statistical Account |
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FULARTON |
Fularton
Fularton
Fularton
Fularton
Fowlerton
Fowlertown |
Estate Plan,dated 1803
Mr George Cruickshank
Mr Alexander Gerrard, Tenant
County Map
Valuation Role 1859-60
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc. in Scotland. dated 1857 |
054 |
This name is applied to a farmsteading and two cot houses, the buildings are all one storey high, thatched, and in middling repair, the property of D. F. Mitchell Esq. Thainston. |
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CAIRNHALL |
Cairnhall
Cairnhall
Cairnhall
Cairnhall
Cairnhall
Cairnhall |
Estate Plan, dated 1803
Mr George Cruickshank
Mr James Christie, Tenant
Valuation Roll 1859-60
County Map
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc. Scotland. dated 1857 |
054 |
A small farm steading, dwelling house and offices one storey in height, thatched and in middling repair. the property of D. Forbes Mitchell Esq. Thainston |
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CAIRNHALL T.P. |
Cairnhall T.P. [Turnpike]
Cairnhall T.P. [Turnpike]
Cairnhall T.P. [Turnpike] |
Mr George Cruickshank
Mr James Christie
Mr Alexander Gerrard |
054 |
A Toll bar on the T. P. [Turnpike] road leading from Aberdeen to Inverury, the dwelling house is one storey in height, slated and in good repair, the property of the Road Trustees. |
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GRAVE YARD (Disused) [nr Ratchhill] |
Grave Yard
Grave Yard
Grave Yard |
Mr G. Cruickshank
Mr J. Christie
Mr Alexander Watt |
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A small circular enclosure, which was formerly used as a burying place by the Roman Catholics in this district, the last internment is said to have taken place about 80 years ago, a circumstance which is remembered by a person still alive, there is no trace of grave stones, the enclosure being now thickly wooded. It is very probable that a chapel has stood somewhere near this grave yard at some remote period, but of this there is no certainty, more supposition only. |
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RATCHHILL |
Ratch-hill
Ratch-hill
Ratch-hill
Ratch-hill
Ratchhill
Rach hills |
Estate Plan, dated 1845
Mr J. Edmond, Factor 22. Albany Court, Aberdeen
Mr George Deans, Tenant
Valuation Roll 1859-60
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc in Scotland 1857
County Map |
054 |
A large farmsteading, dwelling house two storeys, offices one former slated, the latter thatched, all in good repair, the property of the Rt. Honb.l [Right Honourable] the Earl of Kintore, Keith Hall, Inverury. |
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CLOVENSTONE |
Clovenstone
Clovenstone
Clovenstone
Clovenstone
Cloverstone |
Estate Plan, dated 1845
Mr J. Edmond,
Mr G. Cruickshank
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc in Scotland 1857
Valuation Roll 1859-60 |
054 |
This name is applied to a district comprising a number of Cotters Houses. A small piece of land being attached to each, the houses are all one storey high, thatched, and in a very indifferent state of repair, the property of the Earl of Kintore, Keith Hall, Inverury. |
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RIVER DON |
Don (The)
The Don
Don River
River Don
River Don
River Don
River Don
River Don |
Fullarton's Gazetteer of Scotland
Old Statistical Account
County Map
New Statistical Account
Guide to Donside
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr G. Cruickshank
Mr J. Christie |
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"A river of Aberdeenshire. It forms a sort of twin stream to the Dee, and is next to that river in Aberdeenshire as regards at once basin, note and magnitude, and resembles it also in possessing much volume, and much fine Scenery, with very little commercial importance; yet differs essentially from it in some great characters, and even presents some striking contrasts. It rises on the skirts of Ben Aven, 6 miles west of Corgarff, amongst the mountains which bound Aberdeenshire on the South-west, at the head of Strath-Don, and which divide it from the head of Strath-Deveron in Banffshire. Its source is considerably lower than that of the Dee; the altitude is 1640 feet above sea-level. A great part of its run, though somewhat parallel to the Dee, and at no great distance from it, is through districts much less mountainous, and abounding far more in plains and expanded meadows; so that, instead of the impetuosity and the fitfulness of the Dee, it displays a prevailing current of gentleness, calmness and regularity. Running eastward in a very sinuous career, through the whole breadth of the county, it flows into the German Ocean on the north side of Aberdeen. Its whole length of course is about 62 miles; though in a direct line from its source to its termination,the distance is only 41 miles. In its earliest stretches through the parish of Strathdon, which it divides into two nearly equal parts, it is joined on both sides by 7 or 8 burns, separated from each other by considerable hills, and most of them running through deep hollows, and glens. The principal are the Ernan and the Nochtie. All these burns abound with excellent trout; and salmon is even here very frequently found in the Don, at least towards the lower end of this parish. Turning northward, and dividing for a short distance the parish of Glenbucket from part of Migvie, it receives from the latter the Deskry, and from the former the Bucket. Then again flowing eastward, it passes through the parish of Towie; and winding northward, reinforced by other tributaries, round Gorieshill, it at once becomes remarkably enlarged near Westside; after which it resumes its eastern route, dividing various parishes, particularly Forbes and Alford, from the latter of which, on the south, it derives the waters of the Leochel, the most considerable tributary it has yet received. In passing hitherto through the high parts of the district of Alford, the Don flows through a narrow gullet amongst the western mountains, while its banks are now partly wooded. Perpetually changing its course to the north and even the west, to the east and then through Monymusk parish to the south, the next considerable tributary which then enlarges it is the Ton burn from the south; when immiedately it turns to the north again between Kemnay and part of Chapel Garioch parishes, and arrives at a point a little to the south of the royal burgh of Inverury, where, on its northern bank stands the building formerly occupied as the Roman Catholic College of Aquhorties. This point is about 16 miles from the source of the river, and its vicinity constituted, perhaps, the most interesting as well as important part of its whole course. Here, at the Bass, a conical mount of considerable elevation standing in the midst of the confluence; it is joined by its principal tributary, the river Urie, from the district of Strathbogie. The Don, here very much increased by the water of the Urie, notwithstanding the previous diversion of a large portion of its waters into the Inverury canal, flows southward from the Bass, between the parish and the
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RIVER DON
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lowlands of Kintore on the south, and the mountainous part of Keithall with Kinkell on the north. It divides, for a short distance, into two branches, which reunite, enclosing a river-island to the north of the Royal burgh of Kintore. Between Fintray and Dyce it is bordered by mountains on both sides, with valuable plantations on the northern or Fintray side. It then runs southward, still dividing the parishes on its line, to Old Machar parish, in the freedom of Aberdeen, whence it turns to the east, by the city or old town, to its confluence with the sea, little more than a mile to the northward of the Dee, where it forms a kind of harbour, into which small craft may enter in safety but where no trade of any importance can be carried on. "About a century ago" says Mr Kennedy in his 'Annals of Aberdeen'. "the channel of the Don near the town was altered, and the stream diverted straight into the sea about a mile further northward than its ancient efflux". In a note he adds, "Probably at some very remote period, Don had continued its course still further southward down the hollow of the links, till it united with Dee in the harbour, and both together would form one stream into the ocean. Such conjecture is in some measure confirmed by the works of Ptolemy and Richard of Cirencester, there being no such river as Don delineated in their maps, or even mentioned in their tables, while Diva (Dee) and Ituna (Ythan) in the district of Taixali, are particularly noticed. In the earlier records of the burgh, the river Don is distinguished solely by the name of Aqua Borealis." As this river runs with considerable rapidity during the last 8 miles of its course, and as the locks at its mouth confine it to a narrow channel, and give it there a gloomy aspect, the idea of its flowing rapidly, through a rugged and mountainous country where no space is left for forming even a commodious road along its banks, is at first induced; but after passing upwards for about a mile beyond the rocky charm, where was built the spacious, stately and attractive Gothic arch, constituting the celebrated Brig o' Balgownie, and up to whose locality alone the Don is navigable even for small craft, the hills recede so far from the river as to form spacious haughs or level valleys on either side, through which it winds an a slow majestic course. Nor is the prospect here uniform, but agreeably diversified. The hills above Inverury approach close to the river, which seems to have forced its way with difficulty through them; but all at once it opens into another spacious plain, from which the hills recede on either hand to a great distance, and then close again; and, after another temporary confinement among rocks and hills and woods, the river once more waters another plain of great extent. Such is the general character of the Don, _ nowhere rapid, but in general flowing through level fields so little elevated above its usual surface, that, when violent rain falls, it burst its bounds at once, and covers a great extent of country, which then appears to be an immense body of water interspersed with islands, houses, trees and other rural objects. Too often on these occasions it commits extensive and calamitous depredations, _ sweeping off whole fields of corn, and leaving nothing behind but want and desolation. * * * A great part of the haugh-land is now protected by embankments on the lands of Fintray and Wester Fintray, extending to upwards of 6000 ells in length, and protecting from 200 to 300 Scotch acres of very fine rich land, from the river floods. Similar embankments have been made for the protection of the haugh-lands in most other parts of the river's course."
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WOODHEAD |
Woodhead
Woodhead
Woodhead
Woodhead
Woodhead |
Mr Alexander Watt Kintore
Rent Receipt 1863
Estate Plan dated 1845
Valuation Roll 1859-60
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats Villages etc in Scotland 1857 |
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A Farm Steading dwelling house Outoffices and two Cottages all one Storey high thatched and in tolerable repair the property of Right Hl. [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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WOODSIDE |
Woodside
Woodside
Woodside |
Mr Alexander Watt
Rent Receipt 1862
Mr Thomas Watt Kintore |
064 |
A Small Farm Steading dwelling house and outhouses one Storey high thatched and in tolerable repair the property of Right Hl. [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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CROFT OF COTTOWN |
Croft of Cottown
Croft of Cottown
Croft of Cottown |
Mr Alexander Watt
Rent Receipt 1863
Valuation Roll 1859-60 |
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A Farm Steading dwelling house outhouses and Cothouse all one Storey high thatched and in bad repair the property of Right Hon [Honourable] Earl of Kintore. |
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ROLLOMIRE BURN |
Rollomire Burn
Rollomire Burn
Rollomire Burn |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. James Shephard
Mr. Thomas Watt |
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A small stream which rises about three chains north of the Castle of Hallforest, and emptying itself into the Tuach Burn. It takes the name "Torry Burn from the west side of Rollomire to its confluence with the Tuach. |
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SCROGGIE HILL |
Scroggie Hill |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Mr. Thomas Watt |
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A small elevation situated near the north margin of the Burgh Muir; the property of the Right Honorable the Earl of Kintore. |
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BLAIRS |
Blairs
Blairs
Blairs
Blairs
Blairs
Blairs
Blairs |
Mr Alexander Watt Kintore
Estate Map, dated 1845
Mr F Edmond Factor 22 Albyn Court Aberdeen
Valuation Roll 1859-60
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc in Scotland. dated 1857
Fullarton's Gazetteer. 1st edition
Old Statistical Account |
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A Farm Steading dwelling house out offices and two Cottages all one Storey high thatched and in tolerable repair the property of the Right Hl. [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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UPPER COTTOWN |
Upper Cottown
Upper Cottown
Upper Cottown |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt Postmaster Kintore
Mr James Watt Postmaster Kintore |
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Two Small Croft houses on the Road Side one Storey high thatched and in tolerable repair the property of the R. Hl. [Right Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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WOODEND |
Woodend
Woodend
Woodend
Woodend |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Watt
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc. in Scotland, dated 1857 |
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Three Small Farm Steading dwelling houses and out houses all one Storey high thatched and in good repair the property of the Right Hl. [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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Parish of Kintore |
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Site of CHAPEL OF HALLFOREST |
Site of, Chapel of Hallforest
Site of, Chapel of Hallforest
Site of, Chapel of Hallforest |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Watt |
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The site of an ancient Chapel, the vestiges of which were removed about three or four years since. This Chapel is said to be coeval with the Castle of Hall Forest, was erected for, and used as a place of worship by the occupants and retainers thereof, and possibly by the surrounding district. Public worship has not been performed in it during the memory of anyone alive, but the length of time if has been in disuse is uncertain. |
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GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND RAILWAY |
Great North of Scotland Railway |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Watt |
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A single line of Railway extending from Aberdeen to Keith, used for both Goods and Passenger traffic, and having an Electric Telegraphic communication along it. Property of the Great North of Scotland Railway Comp. [Company] |
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BLACK HILLOCK |
Black Hillock
Black Hillock
Black Hillock |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Watt |
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A long low arable knoll on the margin of the Gourock Burn. Property of the Earl of Kintore. |
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WOODEND BURN |
Woodend Burn
Woodend Burn
Woodend Burn
Burn of Woodend |
Mr. George Cruickshank
Thomas Tait Esqr
Mr. Alexander Watt
Estate Plan, dated 1780 |
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A small stream, about 15 chains in length, which forms part of the boundary between the parishes of Kemnay and Kintore, and falls into the River Don. |
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HORN FORD |
Horn Ford
Horn Ford
Horn Ford |
Mr Alexander Watt Kintore
Mr. Thomas Watt Postmaster, Kintore
Mr. James Watt Kintore |
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An old ford across the River Don a short distance above Balbithan Island. It was formerly a public ford, but it is now used for farming purposes only. |
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LADY'S POT |
Lady's Pot
Lady's Pot
Lady's Pot |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Watt |
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This name is applied to a deep part of the River Don a short distance above Horn Ford. |
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ALFORDVALLEY RAILWAY |
Alford Valley Railway
Alford Valley Railway
Alford Valley Railway
Alford Valley Railway |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Watt
Valuation Roll 1859-60 |
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A single line of Railway extending from Kintore to Alford, used for both Passengers and Goods traffic and having an Electric Telegraphic communication along it. Property of the Alford Valley Railway Company. |
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TODFOLD |
Todfold
Todfold
Todfold
Todfold |
Mr. Alexander Watt Kintore
Rent Receipt 1862
Valuation Roll 1859 & 60
Estate Map. dated 1845 |
064 |
A Farm Steading dwelling house outoffices and thrashing Mill worked by Water power all one Storey high thatched and in tolerable repair the property of Right Hon [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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BANDSHED MOSS |
Bandshed Moss
Bandshed Moss
Bandshed Moss |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Watt |
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A low nearly level moor from a part of which Peats are extracted it was much larger in extent, some of it more or less being Reclaimed every year, the property of the Right Hon [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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SHEPHERDS' STONE |
Shepherds' Stone
Shepherds' Stone Shepherds' Stone |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Watt |
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An Upright Stone of about 4 feet high and about 7 feet in girt, said to be a guide to the Shepherds in travelling over the moor. It is not supposed to be an antiquity. |
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HARTHILLS |
Harthills
Harthills
Harthills
Harthills
Harthills |
Mr Alexander Watt Kintore
Rent Receipt 1863
Valuation Roll 1859-60
Estate Plan dated 1845
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc in Scotland dated 1857 |
064 |
Three Separate Farm Steadings dwelling houses and three Cot houses all one Storey high thatched and in tolerable repair the property of Right Honl. [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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HARTHILLS PLANTATION |
Harthills Plantation
Harthills Plantation
Harthills Plantation |
Mr Alexander Watt
Estate Map dated 1845
Mr Thomas Watt Kintore |
064 |
A large Fir Plantation extending from Harthills on the west to Fordtown on the east the property of Right Hon. [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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STONY HILL |
Stony Hill
Stony Hill
Stony Hill |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Watt |
064 |
A long low ridge of hill on the west Side of Harthills Plantation it was Planted about 20 years ago the property of Right Hon [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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SILLER HILL |
Siller Hill
Siller Hill
Siller Hill |
Mr. Alexander Watt Kintore
Mr. Thomas Watt Post Master
Mr. James Watt |
064 |
A Small round hill partly arable and partly whinny adjacent to Womblehill the property of the Right Hon [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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BLIND WELL (Site of) |
(Site of) Blind Well
(Site of) Blind Well
(Site of) Blind Well |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Watt |
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The site of a Spring Well marking the undefined line of the Municipal Borough Boundary of Kintore, it is Closed now and ploughed over but the Site can be easily dicerned by the moisture of the ground. |
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SPRINGBURN |
Springburn
Springburn
Springburn |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Watt |
064 |
A Small Croft house one Storey high Slated and in good repair the property of the Right Hon [Honourable] the Earl of Kintore. |
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CROFTS OF FORDTOWN |
Crofts of Fordtown
Crofts of Fordtown
Crofts of Fordtown
Croft of Fordtown |
Mr. Alexander Watt Kintore
Rent Receipt 1862
Mr. Thomas Watt Postmaster Kintore
Valuation Roll 1859-60 |
064 |
Three Small Croft houses each one Storey high thatched and in good repair the property of the Right Hon [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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FORDTOWN |
Fordtown
Fordtown
Fordtown
Fordtown
Fordtown
Foordtown |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Rent Receipt 1863
Mr. Thomas Watt Post office
Estate Plan, dated 1845
Valuation Roll 1859-60
Directory to Noblemens & Gentlemens Seats, Villages etc in Scotland, dated 1857 |
064 |
A Farm Steading dwelling house and outoffices, and cot house each one Storey high thatched and in bad repair the property of the Right Hon [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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WOMBLEHILL |
Womblehill
Womblehill
Womblehill
Womblehills
Womblehill |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Rent Receipt 1863
Mr. Thomas Watt
Valuation Roll 1859-60
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemens Seats, Villages etc in Scotland, dated 1857 |
064 |
A Farm Steading dwelling house and outhouses all one Storey high thatched and in bad repair the property of the Right Hon [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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HALLFOREST T.P. |
Hallforest T.P. [Turnpike]
Hallforest T.P. [Turnpike]
Hallforest T.P. [Turnpike]
Hallforest Toll-house |
Mr Alexander Watt Kintore
Rate Board
Mr Thomas Watt Postmaster Kintore
Valuation Roll 1859-60 |
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A Toll House and gate on the turnpike road from Aberdeen to Alford, one Storey high Slated and in tolerable repair [ful] rates are charged. |
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DEWS FORD |
Dews Ford
Dews Ford
Dews Ford |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Watt |
064 |
A Ford on a small Burn (Dewsford Burn) on a cart Road from Ley Lodge to Bandshed Moss. It gives name to the Houses adjacent and to the Burn it is on |
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DEWSFORD |
Dewsford
Dewsford
Dewsford |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Watt |
064 |
Three or four Cot houses one Storey high and thatched in bad repair once a Farm Steading the property of the Right Hon. [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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DEWSFORD BURN |
Dewsford Burn
Dewsford Burn
Dewsford Burn |
Mr Alexander Watt Kintore
Mr Thomas Watt PostMaster Kintore
Mr James Watt |
064 |
A Small Stream rising in Band Shed Moss and flowing into a nameless Mill dam at Upper Mill a great part of its course is through Harthills Plantation |
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BACKSTYLES |
Backstyles
Backstyles
Backstyles |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Watt |
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Two thatched one Storey Cot houses on the farm of Leylodge the property of the Right Hon. [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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CROFT OF LEYLODGE |
Croft of Leylodge
Croft of Leylodge
Croft of Leylodge
Croft of Leylodge |
Mr Alexander Watt
Lease 1845
Mr Thomas Watt
Valuation Roll 1859-60 |
064 |
A Croft-house and Smithy partly thatched and partly Slated one Storey high in tolerable repair the property of the Right Hon' [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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HILL-OF-COTTOWN |
Hill-of-Cottown
Hill-of-Cottown
Hill-of-Cottown |
Mr. Alexander Watt Kintore
Mr. Thomas Watt Postmaster Kintore
Mr. James Watt. Kintore |
064 |
Five Small Croft Houses each one Storey high thatched and in tolerable repair the property Right Hon. [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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NORTH COTTOWN |
North Cottown
North Cottown
North Cottown
North Cottown
Cottown
Cotton of Halforrest |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Rent Receipt 1863
Mr. Thomas Watt
Estate Plan dated 1845
Valuation Roll 1859-60
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages &c in Scotland. dated 1857 |
064 |
A Farm Steading dwelling house and outoffices the former Slated the latter thatched all one Storey high and in good repair the property of the Right Hon. [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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SOUTH COTTOWN |
South Cottown
South Cottown
South Cottown
Cottown
Cotton of Halforrest |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Rent Receipt 1863
Mr. Thomas Watt
Estate Plan dated 1845
Valuation Roll 1859-60
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages &c in Scotland. dated 1857 |
064 |
A Farm Steading dwelling house outoffices and Cotters dwellings each one Storey high thatched and in tolerable repair the property of the Earl of Kintore |
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UPPER MILL |
UpperMill
UpperMill
UpperMill
UpperMill
Uppermill
Upper Mill |
Mr. Alexander Watt Kintore
Rent Receipt 1863
Mr. Thomas Watt Postmaster Kintore
Estate Plan dated 1845
Valuation Roll 1859-60
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc in Scotland, dated 1857 |
064 |
A Farm Steading dwelling houses and outoffices and Corn Mill each one Storey high partly Slated and partly thatched in good repair, the Corn Mill is worked by water power the property of the Right Hon [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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GAUCH HILL PLANTATION |
Gauch-hill Plantation
Gauch-Hill Plantation
Gauch-Hill Plantation |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Estate Plan dated 1845 |
064 |
A long narrow Fir Plantation along both Sides of the Toll Road from Hallforest T.P. [Turn Pike] to near South Cottown the property of the Right Hon [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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HALLFOREST |
Hallforest
Hallforest
Hallforest
Hall Forest
Halforest |
Mr. Alexander Watt
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A Farm Steading dwelling house outoffices and cot house each one storey high thatched and in tolerable repair the property of the Right Hon, [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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CASTLE OF HALLFOREST (In Ruins) |
Castle of Hall Forest
Castle of Hall Forest
Castle of Hall Forest
The Castle of Hall-Forest
Castle of Hallforest
Castle of Hallforest
Castle of Hallforest |
Keith's Aberdeenshire 1811
Fullarton's Gazetteer 2nd edition
Old Statistical Account
New Statistical Account
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Mr Thomas Watt Kintore
Mr James Sheppard Kintore |
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"The Castle of Hall Forest, which was a hunting seat of King Robert Bruce, when Earl of Carrick, was given by him after he came to the crown, to Robert de Keith, Great Marischal of Scotland, for his services in the battle of Inverury and Bannockburn. It has been in ruins now nearly a century; but its owner, the present Earl of Kintore, who is a descendant of the Great Marischal, has an elegant and spacious mansion at Keith Hall. Hall Forest was many centuries ago the castle of the thanes of Kintore, a district in the lower division of Marr, in which the Royal burgh of Kintore is situated; and which, in several old charters yet extant, is mentioned by the name of the Thanagium de Kintore"
Keith's Aberdeenshire
"The Castle of Hall Forest is the only ancient building within the parish. It stands about a mile to the west of the Aberdeen road, from which it may be seen at various points, a little to the southward of Kintore. The date of its erection is unknown. It is now in ruins, and presents a most impressive picture of loneliness and decay. All that remains is a rectangular structure nearly square, and of considerable height, containing two very lofty apartments one above the other. "Hall Forest, (a royal castle, according to tradition, was built by King Robert Bruce, for a hunting hall. It consisted of four stories, having battlements, besides what is called a Capehouse, with a moveable ladder, by which those who occassionaly lodged in it, entered to the first floor. The Earl Marischal, having acquired a right to it from the crown, presented it to his son the first Earl of Kintore."
New Statistical Account
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NORTH OF SCOTLAND BANK [Kintore] |
North of Scotland Bank
North of Scotland Bank |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Sheppard |
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A branch of the North of Scotland Bank, the head office of which is in the city of Aberdeen. |
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Rosebank Nursery |
Rosebank Nursery Rosebank Nursery Rosebank Nursery |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Sheppard |
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A Nursery of the north face of Tuach Hill, the property of The Right Honbl [Honourable] the Earl of Kintore. |
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SPRINGIE MIRE |
Springie Mire
Springie Mire
Springie Mire |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Sheppard |
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This name is applied to what was formerly a swamp, but which has been recently drained. Property of the Earl of Kintore. |
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HALL FOREST |
Hall Forest
Hall Forest
Hall-Forest
Hall-forest
Hall Forest
Hall Forest
Hall Forest |
Fullarton's Gazetteer 1st edition
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Estate Plan dated 1845
Old Statistical Account
Old Statistical Account
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Mr Thomas Watt |
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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"
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BURGH MUIR |
Burgh Muir
Burgh Muir
Burgh Muir
Burgh Muir |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Estate Plan dated 1845
Valuation Roll 1859-60 |
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A district of partly cultivated and partly uncultivated land which was formerly a commonry connected with the Royal Burgh of Kintore. It is now the property of the Earl of Kintore, he having purchased it from the burgh authorities about 40 years ago and from which time it ceased to be a commonry. |
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FIRLEY MOSS |
Firley Moss
Firley Moss
Firley Moss |
Mr. Alexander Watt Kintore
Mr. Thomas Watt Postmaster Kintore
Mr. James Watt Kintore |
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A deep level peat Moss the property of the Right Honr, [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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DRUMNAHEATH |
Drumnaheth
Drumnaheath
Drumnaheath
Drumnaheath
Drumnaheath
Drumnaheath
Drumnaheath
Drumnaheath |
Valuation Roll 1859-60
Rent Receipt 1862
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Estate Plan, dated 1845
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemens Seats, Villages etc in Scotland, dated 1857
Old Statistical Account
Fullarton's Gazetteer |
064 |
A Farm Steading dwelling house and out offices partly Slated and partly thatched all one Storey high, Also three Cothouses adjacent known by the same name they are also one Storey thatched and in tolerable repair the property of the Earl of Kintore |
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DRUM HILL |
Drum Hill
Drum Hill
Drum Hill |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Watt |
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A prominent Wooded hill planted about 20 years ago the property of the Right Hon [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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Aberdeenshire Parish of Kintore |
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WESTER TILLYBIN |
Wester Tillybin
Wester Tillybin
Wester Tillybin
Wester Tillybin
Croft of Wester Tillybin |
Rent Receipt 1863
Mr. Alexander Watt Kintore
Mr. Thomas Watt Postmaster Kintore
Estate Plan, dated 1845
Valuation Roll 1859-60 |
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A Farm Steading dwelling house and Outhouses all one Storey high thatched and in tolerable repair the property Right Hon. [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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TILLYBIN |
Tillibin
Tillibin
Tillybin
Tillybin
Tillybin
Tillybin
Tillybin
Tillybin |
Old Statistical Account
Fullarton's Gazetteer
Rent Receipt 1863
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Estate Plan dated 1845
Valuation Roll 1859-60
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc. in Scotland. dated 1857 |
064 |
A large Farm Steading dwelling house and outoffices one Storey high partly Slated and partly Thatched the property of Right Hon. [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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THE KNOCK |
The Knock
The Knock
The Knock |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Watt |
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A prominent round little hill planted with Fir, the property of Right Hon. [Honourable] Earl of Kintore. Adjacent to and on the west side on a small rise is a spot where a Stone Coffin has been found when trenching containing an Urn with Ashes in it Considered to be human |
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STONE COFFIN FOUND HERE A.D. 1843 [The Knock] |
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A prominent round little hill planted with Fir, the property of Right Hon. [Honourable] Earl of Kintore. Adjacent to and on the west side on a small rise is a spot where a Stone Coffin has been found when trenching containing an Urn with Ashes in it Considered to be human |
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BOGFOLD |
Bogfold
Bogfold
Bogfold
Bogfold
Bogfold
Croft of Bogfold |
Mr. Alexander Watt Kintore
Mr. Thomas Watt Postmaster Kintore
Mr. James Watt Kintore
Estate Plan, dated 1845
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc in Scotland, dated 1857
Valuation Roll 1859-60 |
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A Small Farm Steading dwelling house and outoffices all one Storey high thatched and in tolerable repair the property of the Earl of Kintore |
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TITABUTIE |
Titabutie
Titabutie
Titabutie
Titabutie
Titabutie
Croft of Tatabutie |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Watt
Estate Plan, dated 1845
Johnstone's Co. [County] Map
Valuation Roll 1859-60 |
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A Small Farm Steading dwelling house and out offices one Storey high thatched and in bad repair the property Earl of Kintore |
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RUMPLEHEAD |
Rumplehead
Rumplehead
Rumplehead |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Watt |
064 |
A small rather prominent hill partly wooded and partly Arable the property of the Right Hon [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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Aberdeenshire Parish of Kintore |
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Wardhouse |
Wardhouse
Wardhouse
Wardhouse
Wardhouse
Wardhouse
Wardhouse
Wardhead
Wardes |
Rent Receipt 1863
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Estate Plan dated 1845
Old Statistical Account
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages &c in Scotland. dated 1857
Johnstone's Co [County] Map
Valuation Roll 1859-60 |
064 |
A large Farm Steading dwelling house and outoffices partly Slated and partly thatched one Storey high in good repair the property of Right Hon [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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WARDES [1895] |
For 1" [1 inch] purposes only. See Remarks in Index 1895. |
Mr James Macdonald The Farm. Huntly N.B. [North Britain] |
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BURNSIDE |
Burnside
Burnside
Burnside
Burnside
Burnside
Burnside |
Rent Receipt 1863
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Estate Plan, dated 1845
Valuation Roll 1859-60
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc in Scotland. dated 1857 |
064 |
A large Farm Steading dwelling house and outoffices one Storey high Slated and in very good repair the property of the Right Hon [Honourable] Earl of Kintore |
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STANDING STONE [Burnside] |
Standing Stone
Standing Stone
Standing Stone |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Watt |
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An upright Stone situated a short distance N.E. [North East] of Burnside. It is four feet high, 2 feet broad, and one foot thick supposed to be Druidical. |
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WARDES. Wardes is merely a contraction of Wardhouse but it is now the common spelling. JMD. |
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STANDING STONE [The Knock] |
Standing Stone
Standing Stone Standing Stone |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Mr. Thomas Watt |
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[Situation] The western one on trace.
An upright Stone, situated in a field adjacent to the Knock; It is 5 feet high, 4 feet broad, and 3 feet thick. Supposed to be Druidical. |
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STANDING STONE [South Leylodge] |
Standing Stone
Standing Stone
Standing Stone |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Mr. Thomas Watt |
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[Situation] On trace 2.
An upright stone, situated in a field adjacent to South Leylodge. It is 4 ½ feet high, 2 feet thick, and supposed to be Druidical. |
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STANDING STONE [Park Burn] |
Standing Stone
Standing Stone
Standing Stone |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Mr. Thomas Watt |
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An upright stone, situated in a field adjacent to Park Burn. It is 4½ feet high, 16 inches broad, and 12 inches thick, supposed to be Druidical. |
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STANDING STONES [South Leylodge] |
Standing Stones
Standing Stones
Standing Stones |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Mr. Thomas Watt |
064 |
[Situation] The east one on trace 1.
Three upright Stones, situated in a field adjacent to South Leylodge. The centre one of the three is 4½ feet both in height and breadth, and 1 ½ feet thick, the two flanking it, are 6 feet high, 3½ feet broad and 18 inches thick. These Stones are very probably the remains of a Druidical Temple, but this is merely conjectural |
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STANDING STONE [W of South Leylodge] |
Standing Stone
Standing Stone
Standing Stone |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Mr. Thomas Watt |
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[Situation] The middle one on trace 1.
An upright stone, situated in a field about 25 chains west of South Leylodge; It is three feet high, and eighteen inches square. Supposed to be Druidical |
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STANDING STONE [Park Burn] |
Standing Stone
Standing Stone
Standing Stone |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Mr. Thomas Watt |
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An upright Stone situated in a field adjacent to Park Burn. It is 3½ feet high, 12 inches square, and supposed to be Druidical |
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STANDING STONE [Craighead Wood] |
Standing Stone
Standing Stone
Standing Stone |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Mr. Thomas Watt |
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[Situation] On trace 5.
An upright Stone situated in a field a short distance south of Craighead Wood. It is 4 feet high, 2½ feet broad, 1 foot thick, and supposed to be Druidical. |
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PARK BURN |
Park Burn
Park Burn
Park Burn |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Mr. Thomas Watt |
064 |
A small stream which rises in Firley Moss, and flowing eastward is joined by the Tillykae Burn, the united water of the two forming Sheriff Burn. |
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TILLAKAE BURN |
Tillakae Burn
Tillykae Burn
Tillykae Burn
Tillakae Burn
Tillakae Burn |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Mr. Thomas Watt
George Milne Esq.
Revd [Reverend] Robert Fiddes |
065 |
Rises in the parish of Skene, and being joined by Park Burn about ½ a mile west of Boghead, then becomes Sheriff Burn. There is a bridge built across this stream, at Burnside, at a place where it was formerly forded, and to which the name Tillykae Ford was applied, The bridge, however, having taken the place of the ford, the name is no longer recognised. |
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NORTH LEYLODGE |
North Leylodge
North Leylodge
North Leylodge
North Leylodge
Lealodge, North. |
Mr. Alexander Masson, occpr [Occupier].
Mr. George Abel, Farmer, East Leylodge, Kintore
Mr. John Masson, Farmer, South Leylodge, Kintore
Valuation Roll 1859-60
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc. in Scotland, dated 1857 |
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A large farmsteading, dwelling house two Storeys, Offices including a threshing mill, water power, one storey thatched all in good repair. Property of the Earl of Kintore |
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SOUTH LEYLODGE |
South Leylodge
South Leylodge
South Leylodge
South Leylodge
South Leylodge
Lealodge, South. |
Mr. Alexander Masson
Mr. George Abel
Mr. John Masson
Estate Plan, dated 1845
Valuation Roll 1859-60
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc in Scotland, dated 1857 |
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A neat farmsteading, dwelling house, One Storey, slated, Offices one storey thatched, all in good repair. Property of the Earl of Kintore |
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EAST LEYLODGE |
East Leylodge
East Leylodge
East Leylodge
East Leylodge
Leylodge |
Mr. Alexander Masson
Mr. George Abel
Mr. John Masson
Estate Plan, dated 1857
Valuation Roll 1859-60 |
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A Small farmsteading, dwellinghouse and offices including a threshing mill, one storey, thatched and in good repair Property of the Earl of Kintore |
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SOUTH WOMBLEHILL |
South Womblehill
South Womblehill
South Womblehill
South Womblehill |
Mr. Alexander Masson
Mr. George Abel
Mr. John Masson
Estate Plan, dated 1845 |
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This was formerly a farmsteading the farm is now annexed to Womblehill, the houses are tenanted by farmlaborers, thatched and in bad repair Property of Earl Kintore |
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CRAIGHEAD WOOD |
Craighead Wood
Craighead Wood
Craighead Wood |
Mr. Alexander Masson
Mr. George Abel
Mr. John Masson |
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A small fir plantation on the farm of Burnside and is considerably elevated above the surrounding cultivated ground. |
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WARDHEAD |
Wardhead
Wardhead
Wardhead
Wairdhead |
Mr. Alexander Masson
Mr. George Abel
Mr. John Masson
Johnstone's Co. [County] Map |
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Two Cottar houses, on the farm of Burnside, for the accommodation of the farm laborers, in heigth the are one storey each, thatched and in middling repair |
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BUCHAN'S SCHOOL |
Buchan's School (Partly Endowed)
Buchan's School (Partly Endowed)
Buchan's School (Partly Endowed) |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Alexander Masson
Mr George Abel |
064 |
A commodious building, consisting of a spacious Schoolroom, and Teacher's apartments; A sum of £250 was mortified in 1838 by a Mr. Buchan, a resident of Kintore, towards the support of a school, to be erected in some part of the parish at a distance from the parish school; The testator's wishes were carried into effect in 1850, when the present building was erected by public subscription.
The teacher receives an annual sum from the government grant, the interest of the sum with which the school is endowed, together with the pupils fees - which are small. The course of education consists of Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Mathematics etc. etc.. Average attendance, male and female - 60. |
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THORNYWEST WELL |
Thornywest Well Thornywest Well Thornywest Well |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Sheppard |
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An ordinary spring well near the boundary between the parishes of Kintore and Kemnay. The origin of the name is not known. |
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LOCHSHANGIE BURN |
Lochshangie Burn
Lochshangie Burn Lochshangie Burn |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Sheppard |
064 |
A small stream originating from drains at the north-west angle of Lochshangie Moss, and forming part of the boundary between the parishes of Kintore and Kemnay. |
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CAMP [Hill of Boghead] |
Camp
Camp
Camp |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. W. Divorty |
065 |
A small Camp of the Hill of Boghead, and a short distance east of Cairn Park. It's form is that of an egg, and consists of a single Rampart, without ditch. It is traditionally associated with the battle which is supposed to have been fought between the Scots and Danes, and of which no record appears to exist. |
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CAMP [Hill of Boghead] |
Camp
Camp
Camp |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. W. Divorty
Mr. Thomas Watt |
065 |
A small camp on the Hill of Boghead, and a short distance south of the Cairn Park, It is oval, and consists of a single Rampart, without ditch. It is traditionally associated with the battle which is supposed to have been fought here between the Danes and Scots, and of which no record appears to exist. |
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TUMULI [Hill of Boghead] |
Tumuli
Tumuli
Tumuli |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. W. Divorty
Mr. Thomas Watt |
065 |
An immense number of Tumuli on Hill of Boghead, they are of various shapes and sizes, hundreds of these Tumuli have been destroyed within a few years past in reclaiming the land on which they existed.
"On the moor between Kintore and Kinellar, numerous tumuli, of various sizes, occur - a circumstance which gives ground in supposing that it had at some time been the scene of great carnage either in battle or in flight; though no record or tradition now exists upon the subject."
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GOOSE CROFT |
Goose Croft
Goose Croft
Goose Croft
Goose Croft |
Donside Guide Book
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
065 |
"The following tradition, so well authenticated, is given in the form in which it was communicated"
"Sometime during the reign of James the second, a person in the garb of a traveller called one evening at a house in Kintore, which appears to have stood on or near by the spot where the post office now stands.
The stranger, after discoursing a while and enquiring about the news of the place, asked the good man whose name was Thain, if he Knew anything about the family of the Castle of Hall Forest, the ruins of which stand about a mile westward of Kintore, and being answerd in the affirmative, he asked if he would carry a message from him to Lord George Keith, to which he (Thain) Complied. On delivering the message, his Lordship asked Thain if he had any Conception of who the Stranger was, and finding that he had not, he informed him that his guest was no less a personage than James the second, King of Scotland *** " For this piece of service my ancestor got a part of that piece of ground in Kintore designated the Goose Croft, in the title deeds.
The family records from that time, down to 1660 are so decayed and dim, that it seems to be impossible to read them. A document of that date exists which states that John Smith a burgess in Kintore, inherited that property as successor to his Grandmother Margaret Thain who is therein described as "guidwife of Braeneil", a farm in the vicinity of Castle Fraser in the parish of Cluny" Abridged from Donside Guide Book
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BRAE OF KINTORE |
Brae of Kintore
Brae of Kintore
Brae of Kintore
Brae of Kintore |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Valuation Roll 1859-60 |
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A large farmsteading dwellinghouse and offices, one Storey Slated and in good repair Property of the Earl of Kintore. |
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BREEDIE'S HAUGH |
Breedie's Haugh
Breedie's Haugh
Breedie's Haugh
Breedeshaugh |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Fullarton's Gazeteer. |
065 |
A portion of flat Cultivated ground, belonging to the parish of Kintore, extending from Balbithan Island, along the north and opposite side of the River Don from the town until it Joins the Green Haugh of Fintray in the adjoining Ph. [Parish] |
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SCABBED INCH |
Scabbed Inch
Scabbed Inch
Scabbed Inch |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Sheppard |
065 |
A portion of Cultivated land lying between Kintore Station, and Balbithan Island Property of the Earl of Kintore |
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LONG CROOK |
Long Crook
Long Crook
Long Crook |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Sheppard |
065 |
A portion of cultivated groud situated at the junction of the Tuach Burn with the River Don, and south of the Nether Daugh, Property of the Earl of Kintore. |
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NETHER DAUGH |
Nether Daugh
Nether Daugh
Nether Daugh |
Mr. Alexnder Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Sheppard |
065 |
A portion of cultivated land bounded by the Long Crook , Hindland, and Broom Inch, Property of the Earl of Kintore |
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BROOM INCH |
Broom Inch
Broom Inch
Broom Inch |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Sheppard |
065 |
A portion of meadow land adjoining the Hindland and Nether Daugh, close to the Rumbling Pot, Property of the Earl of Kintore |
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HINDLAND |
Hindland
Hindland
Hindland |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
065 |
A portion of meadow land lying in an angle of the river Don. Is defined by a straight line drawn from the South point of a little island adjacent, to the west corner of the Green Haugh of Fintray, a name well Known in the adjoining parish |
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COMMONS |
Commons
Commons
Commons |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
065 |
A portion of arable land lying between the Loch Burn and the River Don, and at one time formed part of the Commonty of Kintore |
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OVER DAUGH |
Over Daugh
Over Daugh
Over Daugh |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
065 |
A portion of cultivated land lying between the Commons and the Scabbed Inch, it also marches with the Goose Croft. Property of the Earl of Kintore |
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BALBITHAN POT |
Balbithan Pot
Balbithan Pot
Balbithan Pot |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Mr. Thomas Watt |
065 |
A deep part of the River Don on the east side of Balbithan Island. |
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COMMONS POT |
Commons Pot
Commons Pot
Commons Pot |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Mr. Thomas Watt |
065 |
This name is applied to a deep and broad part of the River Don, adjacent to Commons, and a short distance south of Balbithan Island |
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BURNMOUTH POT |
Burnmouth Pot
Burnmouth Pot
Burnmouth Pot |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Mr. Thomas Watt |
065 |
This name is applied to the part of the River Don from where it is joined by the Loch Burn, to the Ferry at Boat of Kintore. |
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GENERAL WADE'S MILITARY ROAD [in Kintore parish] |
General Wade's Military Road
General Wade's Military Road |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Mr. Thomas Watt |
065 |
A part of the road constructed by General Wade after the Rebellion of 1745, it was used as the public Road to Aberdeen for many years, the part north of where it crossed the disused Aberdeen Canal has been destroyed. |
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REEDBANK POT |
Reedbank Pot
Reedbank Pot
Reedbank Pot |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Mr. Thomas Watt |
065 |
A part of the River Don a short distance east of Lammies Crook, where the water is very deep. |
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BRAE POT |
Brae Pot
Brae Pot
Brae Pot |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Mr. Thomas Watt |
065 |
A part of the River Don, at an abrubt bent, and immediately below where it is joined by the Tuach Burn |
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THE SQUARE [Kintore] |
Square
Square
Square |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
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The old market place on which stands the Court House, it is of irregular shape, and situated at the south end of the New Street |
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KINTORE ARMS INN [Kintore] |
Kintore Arms Inn
Kintore Arms Inn
Kintore Arms Inn |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Sheppard |
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A licensed house of Public entertainment, in the town of Kintore, is two stories in height slated, with stabling attached, and affords limited accommodation to the patronizing Public. Property of the Earl of Kintore |
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HINDLAND POT |
Hindland Pot
Hindland Pot
Hindland Pot |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Mr. Thomas Watt |
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A part of the River Don extending from Broom Inch southward to a nameless island. |
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New Street
New Street
New Street |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Mr. Thomas Watt |
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A street in Kintore, (the only one having a name) it extends, from the Free Church to The Square, houses being on one side of it only. The buildings in this street are, with two exceptions only one storey high, they are all slated and in very good repair, property of various persons. |
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LANDS OF THE HOLY CROSS |
Lands of the Holy Cross |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Mr. Thomas Watt |
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A piece of arable land a short distance west of the town of Kintore, which together with Upper Daugh, is traditionally said to have been, at some remote period, the property of a Monastery in the South of Scotland. |
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FONT (Removed from Kintore Old Church) [Townhead, Kintore] |
Font (Removed from Kintore Old Church) |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Mr. Thomas Watt |
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On removing the rubbish underneath the old parish Church of Kintore, for the purpose of erecting the present Church on its site, a Font, in an excellent state of preservation, was found. It is supposed that this Font stood in the old church prior to the Reformation, at which period it is probable that it was thrown from its pedestal and found its way underneath the church floor. It now stands in a garden at Townhead, Kintore. |
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Aberdeenshire Parish of Kintore
Note.
Name omitted from plan, as it is not
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F. E. P. Capt. R.E. [Captain Royal Engineers] |
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SCULPTURED STONES (Removed from Castle Hill) [Townhead, Kintore] |
Sculptured Stones (Removed from Castle Hill) |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr James Sheppard
Mr Thomas Watt |
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"Of the Stones at Kintore, figured in these plates Nos. [Numbers] 2 and 3 were found embedded in the "Castle Hill", a mound near the church, recently removed by railway operations, which was about thirty feet in height, by 150 feet in diameter. It appeared, on examination, that the original surface of the Castle Hill had been about 10 feet lower than the modern one. The former was found to be covered with a layer of charred earth; and along the east margin, and for some distance inwards from it, were deposited, in an irregular manner, a number of small stones, among which were eleven large blocks. Among the latter, the Stones Nos. [Numbers] 2 and 3 were found, and from the appearance presented by the whole, it seems probable that a circle of large stones, connected by a low wall of smaller ones (as is still the case with one class of the "Druidical Circles") has formerly stood on the summit of this hill, and that they had been overthrown and scattered, and covered over with earth to the depth of about 10 feet, so as to form the modern Castle Hill. * * * It is probable that some of the other stones in the Castle Hill were sculptured, but, unfortunately, they were speedily broken up for building railway bridges. The two now referred to were rescued from destruction by Mr Alexander Watt of Kintore. * * * A corner of the stone No. 2 appears to have been broken out designedly, and the animal , usually called "the Elephant" which occurs on both sides, is on one side inverted. The stone No. 3 is only the fragment of a larger block. [Continued on Page 82] |
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SCULPTURED STONES |
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STONE SEAT (Removed from Castle Hill) [Townhead, Kintore |
Stone Seat (Removed from Castle Hill) |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr James Sheppard
Mr Thomas Watt |
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A nearly square block of granite, the upper part of which is a slight concavity, which, it is conjectured, has been chiselled out to render it into a comfortable Seat, it was dug out of Castle Hill, and is now placed in a garden at Townhead, Kintore.
"One of the unsculptured stones from the Castle Hill resembles a rude chair, and along with the others taken from that locality, is now in Mr Watt's possession"
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STONE SEAT
Note
Name omitted from plan, as there is
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SUN DIAL (Removed from Kinkell Church) [Kintore] |
Sun Dial (Removed from Kinkell Church) |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr James Sheppard
Mr Thomas Watt |
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A vertical Sun Dial of pyramidical shape, which originally stood against the Old Church of Kinkell, when this building was pulled down, Mr. Watt secured the Dial and placed it in his garden where it now stands. |
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BOAT OF KINTORE |
Boat of Kintore
Boat of Kintore
Boat of Kintore |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr James Sheppard
Mr Thomas Watt |
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A dwelling house and office, one storey in height, thatched and in good repair, the property of the Earl of Kintore. There is a public ferry for passengers across the River Don, attached to this house. |
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Sun Dial
Note
Name omitted from plan as it is not of much importance and there is not room for its insertion.
F.E.P. Capt R.E. [Captain Royal Engineers] |
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LOCH BURN |
Loch Burn
Loch Burn
Loch Burn |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr James Sheppard
Mr Thomas Watt |
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A small stream which issues from a pond a short distance north of the Free Church Manse, after a short course, during which it receives the water of Bridgealehouse Burn it falls into the River Don. |
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BRIDGEALEHOUSE BURN |
Bridgealehouse Burn
Bridgealehouse Burn
Bridgealehouse Burn |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr James Sheppard
Mr Thomas Watt |
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A continuation of Gourock Burn, it takes this name from the place where the stream was intersected by the Aberdeen Canal, and falls into Loch Burn. |
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BRIDGEALEHOUSE OLD T.P. (Removed to Cairnhall) |
Bridgealehouse Old T.P. [Turnpike]
Bridgealehouse Old T.P. [Turnpike]
Bridgealehouse Old T.P. [Turnpike] |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr James Sheppard
Mr Thomas Watt |
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A one storey dwelling house, formerly a Toll Bar. An alteration having taken place in the T.P [Turnpike] Road, consequent on the formation of the Alford Valley Railway, the toll bar was removed to Cairnhall. |
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SCULPTURED STONE [Kintore Church] |
Sculptured Stone
Sculptured Stone Sculptured Stone |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Mr. Thomas Watt |
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A beautifully Sculptured Stone which was found among the rubbish underneath the floor of the old church of Kintore, where it is supposed to have lain since the reformation. It represents a very elaborate sketch of the Crucifixion, and is thought to have formed part of the Altar of the old church. It is now embedded in the wall of the present church, and near the the entrance to the same. |
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STANDING STONE (Sculptured) [Kintore Churchyard] |
Standing Stone (Sculptured)
Standing Stone (Scupltured) |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Mr. Thomas Watt |
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A Sculptured Standing Stone in the Grave Yard of Kintore, Among the figures carved thereon are a fish and Elephant, very rudely executed. It was found below the surface of the Grave Yard, from which it has recently been lifted and placed in an an erect position.
"The figures which appeared on these stones, (Those taken from Castle Hill) brought to Mr Watt's recollection a similar stone in the churchyard of Kintore, which had for many years been lost sight of, and which, from having been placed over a grave had gradually sunk below the surface. On removing the soil at the spot where he last recollected it, the stone was discovered. It is of a dark coloured granite." Sculptured Stones of Scotland |
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SCULPTURED STONE
In the officers Consideration name omitted on plan.
STANDING STONE
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DEER'S DEN |
Deers' Den (Site of Supposed Roman Station)
Deers' Den (Site of Supposed Roman Station)
Deers' Den (Site of Supposed Roman Station) |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr James Sheppard
Mr Thomas Watt |
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This name applies to what is traditionally said to have been a Roman Camp. It has consisted of a large rectangular enclosure measuring 800 yards from north to south and 500 yards from east to west, and from the very trifling remains on the west side, it would appear to have been formed by a single ditch and rampart; traces of the outline of this object are visible in many places through the arable land, many portions of which were destroyed within the limits of a few years. |
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COURT HOUSE [Kintore] |
Court House
Court House
Court House |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Sheppard |
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A large block of building in the centre of The Square, surmounted by a tower containing a clock and bell. The upper part of this building is used for conducting the public business of the Burgh, the lower or ground flat contains a lock-up for prisoners, the remainder being occupied as shops. The magisterial business conducted in this building is very limited, a Bailie Court is held whenever there happens to be an offender, and a yearly Court for the granting of licenses within the burgh. The Sheriff does not act in this place in either criminal of civil cases. |
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BRIDGEALEHOUSE |
Bridgealehouse
Bridgealehouse
Bridgealehouse
Bridgealehouse
Bridge-ale-house
Bridge-ale-house |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc in scotland, dated 1857
Estate Plan dated 1845
Valuation Roll 1859-60 |
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A large farmsteading, dwelling house and offices one storey in height, slated and in very good repair, the property of The Right Honble [Honourable], the Earl of Kintore, Keith Hall, by Inverury. |
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CLAYPOTS |
Claypots
Claypots
Claypots |
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A portion of level land on the farm of Bridgealehouse, remarkable for its fine quality of clay, much used one time in flooring and the erection of Clay Houses. |
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KILN HILLOCK |
Kiln Hillock
Kiln Hillock
Kiln Hillock |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Sheppard |
065 |
A small eminence on the east side of the town of Kintore from which several articles of an interesting nature were dug some few years since.
"Near to the Castle Hill, and from ten to twelve feet under the surface, were found various small pits of a circular or oval shape, from three to four feet in length, two or three feet in breadth, and from one to two and a half feet in depth. These contained burnt clay, charcoal, and bones. In one of them an urn was found, containing a damp mealy substance of a pale colour, and round another of the pits were found pieces of a substance resembling solid lead, of the thickness of a small gas pipe. These were found firmly embedded in the ground, in a vertical position, about eight feet below the surface, in bits of a few inches in length". Sculptured Stones of Scotland
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STONE CIRCLE (Remains of) [Kintore] |
Druidical Temple
Druidical Temple
Druidical Temple |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
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"This Circle is twenty four feet in diameter, and, as in the case of the circle at Crichie, is surrounded by a trench. In this case, however, there are no entrances to the circle passing through the trench as at Crichie, the trench being unbroken in its circuit. It is about twelve feet wide. There are now six stones remaining, but at no distant period a cromlech stood in the centre, a flat stone supported by smaller ones. At the stone which stands on the north east side of the circle, a scanty deposit of incinerated bones was found in a small round pit about two feet beneath the surface. At the stone on the east side, about two feet below the surface, an inverted urn was found filled with incinerated bones, among which appeared a small fragment of bronze. The urn was about a foot in height, narrow at bottom, and widening till near the top, when it again contracted. The contracted part at top was ornamented with some rude diagonal scores. At the third stone no remains were found, but it was the site of a rabbit burrow; and Mr Watt recollected on seeing small pieces of bones which were thrown out by them, and which, probably, formed parts of a deposit. Around the stone standing in the centre of the circle four pits were discovered, three of them containing deposits of incinerated bones, and the fourth a small quantity of charcoal and black mould. At the fifth stone a small pit appeared, containing some black mould and small bits of charcoal. All the pits were dug down into very hard subsoil, and were from eighteen inches to two feet in depth. At the sixth stone an inverted urn was found, having a flat stone upon it, but none below it, filled with incinerated bones, in which were two small fragments of bronze, very brittle, apparently from the action of fire. Close to this another inverted urn was found, having flat stones above and below it, filled with incinerated bones. This urn measured about fifteen inches in height: the diameter of the base was about five inches; diameter at the widest part below the contracted neck, fourteen inches; diameter at the mouth eleven inches. A few chips of stone for support surrounded this urn. All the urns were inserted in small round pits dug in the subsoil, and the stones which covered them were about eighteen inches below the surface. The circle is on the south slope of a little hill on a dry soil. It may be remarked that, here as at Crichie, urns were found at stones standing at the same points in the circle, that is the two on the south side. There are numerous cairns and mounds in the same neighbourhood".
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DRUIDICAL TEMPLE STONE CIRCLE
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FREE CHURCH [Kintore] |
Free Church
Free Church
Free Church |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
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A substantial building, within a small enclosure, adjoining the Kintore Inn, erected in 1847 and Seated for 600 people |
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SCHOOL [Free Church, Kintore] |
Free Church School
Free Church School |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
065 |
A Commodious building Consisting of School room and appartments for Schoolmaster, adjoining the Free Church, the daily average number of scholars, male and female in attendance amount to 50 |
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RAILWAY STATION [Kintore] |
Kintore Station
Kintore Station
Kintore Station |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
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A Commodious building partly of stone and partly of wood Consisting of luggage store, waiting rooms, and booking office. Property of the Great North of Scotland Railway Company |
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SCHOOL. It is superfluous to prefix the name of the Church to the School as it
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NEW STREET [Kintore] |
New Street
New Street
New Street |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
065 |
The principal street in the town of Kintore and is a part of the sole road leading from Aberdeen and Inverury, bounded on the north east side by a row of houses of one storey, and of modern erection, all within the limits of the name, Goose Croft, and property of various persons |
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KINTORE INN |
Kintore Inn
Kintore Inn
Kintore Inn |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
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A licensed house of public entertainment in the town of Kintore, and situated at the north end of New Street, is two storeys in height, slated, with commodious stabling attached, Feued |
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UPPER DAUGH |
Upper Daugh
Upper Daugh
Upper Daugh |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
065 |
A portion of cultivated land adjoining the town of Kintore, and like the land of the holy Cross. Contributed to the support of a monastery in the south of Scotland |
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DROPPING PAN |
Dropping Pan
Dropping Pan
Dropping Pan |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
065 |
A remarKable spot, in a small ridge of rock on the south side of Tuach Hill, in wet weather a little water issues or drops from the rock. This water is considered efficacious in the Cure of the hooping Cough |
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KING'S SEAT |
King's Seat
King's Seat
King's Seat |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
065 |
Convenient to the dropping pan, and in the same ridge of rock, there is a hollow spot in the rock, said to be the place on which the King sat when viewing the battle between the Danes and the Scots on the muir of Kinnellar. |
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HANGMAN'S CROFT |
Hangman's Croft
Hangman's Croft
Hangman's Croft |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Sheppard |
065 |
A portion of partly uncultivated land lying on either side of the great north of Scotd. [Scotland] Railway along the banks of the Bridgealehouse and Loch Burns, Property of Earl Kintore |
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BATTLE FIELD |
Battle Field
Battle Field
Battle Field |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Sheppard |
065 |
A portion of partly uncultivated ground situated between Kintore Railway station and the hangman's croft. Supposed to have been the scene of a battle. There is no history on record, or reliable information to be obtained further than the name, which is well known by persons residing in the town |
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SUPPOSED SITE OF ROMAN ROAD |
(Supposed Site of) Roman Road
(Supposed Site of) Roman Road |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Sheppard |
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What is said to be the site of a portion of the Roman Road which passed through the parish of Kintore, it is entirely destroyed; tradition has it, that the old Aberdeen Road was made on the top of this part of the Roman Road, and that is the reason of its being so well known. The part of the Road in this parish South of Deers' Den cannot be pointed out, no one appearing to know anything about it. |
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Site of CASTLE HILL |
Site of Castle Hill
Site of Castle Hill
Site of Castle Hill
Site of Castle Hill
Site of Castle Hill |
Sculptured Stones of Scotland. 1856
New Statistical Account
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
065 |
A small Knoll near the village of Kintore, supposed to have been originally a Mote or Justice Seat, and which was destroyed in constructing the Great North of Scotland Railway. Many interesting relics were dug up at the time of the destruction.
"Of the stones at Kintore, figured in these plates Nos.[Numbers] 2 and 3 were found embedded in the "Castle Hill", a mound near the church, recently removed by railway operations, which was about 30 feet in height, by 150 feet in diameter. It appeared, on examination, that the original surface of the Castle Hill had been about ten feet lower than the modern one. The former was found to be covered with a layer of charred earth; and along the east margin, and for some distance inwards from it, were deposited, in an irregular manner, a number of small stones, among which were eleven larger blocks, Among the latter, the stones Nos. [Numbers] 2 and 3 were found, and from the appearance presented by the whole, it seems probable that a circle of large stones, connected by a low wall of smaller ones (as is still the case with one class of the "Druidical" Circles) had formerly stood on the summit of the hill, and that they had been overthrown and scattered, and covered over with earth to the depth of about ten feet, so as to form the modern Castle Hill. Near to the Castle Hill, and from ten to twelve feet under the surface, were found various small pits of a circular or oval shape, from three to four feet in length, two or three feet in breadth, and from one to two and a half feet in depth. These contained burnt clay, charcoal, and bones. In one of them an urn was found, containing a damp mealy substance of a pale colour, and round another of the pits were found pieces of a substance resembling solid lead, of the thickness of small gas pipe. These were found firmly embedded in the ground, in a vertical position, about eight feet below the surface, in bits of a few inches in length. It is probable that some of the other stones in the Castle Hill were sculptured, but, unfortunately, they were speedily broken up for building railway bridges. The two now referred to were rescued from destruction by Mr Alexander Watt of Kintore, who also preserved specimens of the various substances found in the pits. * * * One of the unsculptured stones from the Castle Hill resembles a rude chair, and, along with the others taken from that locality, is now in Mr Watt's possession"
Sculptured Stones of Scotland
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COMMON INCH |
Common Inch
Common Inch
Common Inch |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
065 |
A patch of marshy land on Balbithan Island, which was formerly a part of the commonry of Kintore. Property of the Earl of Kintore. |
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GREENEDDY POT |
Greeneddy Pot
Greeneddy Pot
Greeneddy Pot |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
065 |
This name is applied to a part of the River Don, at the southern extremity of Balbithan Island. When the river is low the water has a green and stagnant appearance, but during floods it assumes the form of a whirlpool. |
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CANAL COTTAGE |
Canal Cottage
Canal Cottage
Canal Cottage |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
065 |
A neat Cottage, one Storey in height Slated and in good repair, the property of the Earl of Kintore. |
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MANSE [Kintore] |
Manse (Parish)
Manse (Parish)
Manse (Parish) |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
065 |
A commodious dwellinghouse two Stories, and Slated with a steading attached one Story and Slated. Property of the Church of Scotland |
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POST OFFICE [Kintore] |
Post Office
Post Office
Post Office |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
065 |
A private house in the village of Kintore in which the duties attending post, and money order office are attended to. Letters are delivered at 9oC [o'clock] AM and 2 oC [o'clock] PM Dispatched at 11oC [o'clock] A.M. and at 10PM. Aberdeen- the Major post office |
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TORRYBURN |
Torryburn
Torryburn
Torryburn
Torryburn
Torryburn
Torryburn |
Valuation Roll 1859-60
Estate Plan, dated 1845
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc in Scotland dated 1857
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
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A handsome dwelling house and farmsteading enclosed in a portion of ornamental ground. Slated and in good repair Property of the Earl of Kintore |
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HILL OF KINTORE |
Hill of Kintore
Hill of Kintore
Hill of Kintore
Croft of Hill of Kintore |
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr James Sheppard
Valuation Roll 1859-60 |
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A number of small Cottages near the village of Kintore, and, on an average are one storey in height, thatched, and in bad repair Property of the Earl of Kintore |
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TOWNHEAD |
Townhead
Townhead
Townhead |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
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Four Small farmsteadings forming a part of the village of Kintore, all one Storey and are with one exception thatched. In the garden attached to one of these houses were found Coins and in an adjoining field there was found a battle Axe and in the same field not many yards distant from the last mentioned place, there was found a number of Spear heads in a finished and unfinished state - Respective dates 1840 - 1852 & 1856 |
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COINS FOUND HERE A.D. 1840 [Kintore, Townhead] |
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BATTLE AXE FOUND HERE A.D. 1852 [Kintore, Townhead] |
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HEADS OF SPEARS FOUND HERE A.D. 1856 [Kintore, Townhead] |
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Aberdeenshire Parish of Kintore
COINS, AXE and SPEARS [Crossed out] |
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CHURCH [Kintore] |
Church (Parish)
Church (Parish)
Church (Parish) |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard
"Extract from Statistical Acct. [Account] " |
065 |
"The parish Church of Kintore Stands in the town. It was built in 1879 and is at present in excellent repair. It affords sufficient accommodation for 700 persons." To the right of the main entrance, in an angle of the building, a sculptured stone is imbedded in the wall, Said to be one of the stones of the alter of the Old Church which stood on or near by this place. |
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SCHOOL [parish, Kintore] |
School (Parish)
School (Parish)
School (Parish) |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
065 |
The parish School is situated in the town of Kintore. Commodious and well ventilated, the attendance averages about 80 daily - male and female. The master's salary is fixed and resides in private quarters |
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ASHFIELD COTTAGE |
Ashfield Cottage
Ashfield Cottage
Ashfield Cottage
Ashfield Cottage |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc in Scotland. dated 1857 |
065 |
A handsome dwellinghouse two storeys, slated, offices one storey partly thatched and partly slated all in good repair Property of the Earl of Kintore. Keith Hall |
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TORRY BURN |
Torry Burn
Torry Burn
Torry Burn |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
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This name is given to the Continuation of Rollomire Burn from the Rollo Mire to its Junction with The Tuach Burn, very near to the farm of Torryburn |
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ROLLO MIRE |
Rollo Mire
Rollo Mire
Rollo Mire
Rollomiire |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard
Old Statistical Account |
065 |
The place known by this name was formerly a large swamp but is much improved by the alteration in the Course of the Rollo Mire, afterwards the Torry Burn. It is part of Torryburn Farm |
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HAWTHORN COTTAGE |
Hawthorn Cottage
Hawthorn Cottage
Hawthorn Cottage |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
065 |
A substantial dwellinghouse in the town of Kintore, two storeys slated and in good repair property of Earl of Kintore |
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ROSEMOUNT COTTAGE |
Rosemount Cottage
Rosemount Cottage
Rosemount Cottage |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
065 |
A neat cottage, one storey in height, slated and in good repair Property of the Earl of Kintore |
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KINTORE LODGE |
Kintore Lodge
Kintore Lodge
Kintore Lodge |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
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A substantial dwellinghouse and offices, having a vegetable garden attached. The former two are respectively 2 and one storeys slated and in good repair |
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Aberdeenshire Parish of Kintore |
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WARD BRAE |
Ward Brae
Ward Brae
Ward Brae |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
065 |
A portion of land including within its limits, the farm steading of Brae of Kintore, and from the nursery to the Gallaw Tops, a part of Tuach hill, and the whole of the Kirk Fold. |
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KIRK FOLD |
Kirk Fold
Kirk Fold
Kirk Fold |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
065 |
An enclosure, which lies witihin the more Comprehensive name of Ward Brae and at one time formed a part of the Glebe lands |
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LAMMIES CROOK |
Lammies Crook
Lammies Crook
Lammies Crook |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr James Sheppard |
065 |
A Strip of Cultivated land stretching along the south bank of the River Don near, and belonging to, the farm of Brae of Kintore. Property of the Earl of Kintore |
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TUACH HILL |
Tuach Hill
Tuach Hill
Tuach Hill
Hill of Tuack
Hill of Quack |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Estate Plan, dated 1845
Valuation Roll 1859-60 |
065 |
A low uncultivated hill near the town of Kintore, the summit of which is called Gallow Top from the supposition of its having been the place of execution during the days of baronial jurisdiction, property of the Earl of Kintore. |
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TUACH BURN |
Tuach Burn
Tuach Burn
Tuach Burn
Tuach burn
burn of Tuack or Tuach |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Fullarton's Gazetter, 2nd Edition
Old Statistical Account |
065 |
A small stream which is formed by drains near the north-east side of Harthills Plantation, after a rather circuitous couse it falls with the River Don near Brae of Kintore. |
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LADY'S WELL |
Lady's Well
Lady's Well
Lady's Well |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Sheppard |
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A Holy Well in the town of Kintore, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, there is no tradition associated with it. |
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RUMBLING POT |
Rumbling Pot
Rumbling Pot
Rumbling Pot |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Sheppard |
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A part of the old course of the River Don, situated between the Boat of Kintore and the Broom Inch, The water, except at high floods remains stagnant. |
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GALLOW TOP |
Gallow Top
Gallow Top
Gallow Top |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. James Sheppard |
065 |
The summit of Tuach Hill, which is supposed to have been the place of execution in feudal times, Supposing it to contain some matter of interest to the antiquarian, search was made in 1863, when two Urns containing ashes were dug up. |
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URNS CONTAINING ASHES FOUND HERE A.D. 1863 [Tuach Hill] |
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The summit of Tuach Hill, which is supposed to have been the place of execution in feudal times, Supposing it to contain some matter of interest to the antiquarian, search was made in 1863, when two Urns containing ashes were dug up |
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Aberdeenshire Parish of Kintore |
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KINTORE [burgh] |
Kintore
Kintore
Kintore
Kintore
Kintore
Kintore
Kintore
Kintore |
Valuation Roll 1859-60
New Statistical Account
Old Statistical Account
Fullarton's Gazetteer
County Map
Mr Alexander Watt Kintore
Mr Thomas Watt Postmaster Kintore
Mr James Sheppard Druggist Kintore |
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A Royal and Parliamentary Burgh, and in conjunction with Elgin, Peterhead, Inverury, Banff and Cullen returns a member of Parliament. The town is small and irregularly built. It contains a Court House, Established and Free Church with their respective Manses and Schools, two Inns, Post Office and Branch of the North Bank. The houses range from one to three stories in height and are chiefly slated. The magistrates hold an annual Court in the town for the granting of licences, and the Bailie court is held for the trial of offenders for minor crimes as soon as the culprit has been captured. The Sheriff presides in no case. There is no Police Act for the lighting and cleansing of the town, neither is there any Gas Work. The Great North of Scotland Railway skirts the town on the east, and throws of a branch line to Alford at its north end [Continued on Page 108] |
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Aberdeenshire Parish of Kintore
KINTORE
It seems desireable to write the name of the town as
it is not a Market Town. It should be written also
in the Character of Borough returning a Member
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KINTORE |
Kintore |
Continued [from page 107] |
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"The original charter of the burgh was given by Kenneth II. That, however, has long been lost; but one which bears to be a confirmation of it by James V. is said to be still extant. Kintore enjoys all the privelegs of a Royal burgh. It always had a regular magistracy, and under the late Burgh Reform Act, its Municipal constitution remains unchanged" New Statistical Account
The Magistracy of Kintore consists of Provost. 2 Bailies, Treasurer, Dean of Guild, 8 Town Councillors, and Town Clerk. There is neither fair nor market held in it. |
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NETHERMILL |
Nethermill
Nethermill
Nethermill
Croft of Nethermill |
Mr A. Watt Farmer Kintore
Mr J. Gibbs (Tenant)
Mr George Smith Farmer Tofthills Kintore
Valuation Roll 1859-60 |
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This name is appleid to two small farm houses, each one story high, thatched and in middling repair. The property of the Earl of Kintore. |
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TOFTHILLS |
Tofthills
Tofthills
Tofthills
Tofthills
Tofthills
Tofthills |
Mr A. Watt
Mr George Smith (Tenant)
Mr J. Gibbs
Estate Plan, dated 1845
Valuation Roll 1859-60
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen' Seats, Villages etc in Scotland, dated 1857 |
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A very large farmsteading dwelling house 2 storys with suitable offices, one story, all slated and in excellent repair. The property of the Earl of Kintore. |
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DENHEAD |
Denhead
Denhead
Denhead
Croft of Denhead |
Mr A. Watt
Mr George Cruikshank (Tenant)
Mr J. Gibbs
Valuation Roll 1859-60 |
065 |
A small farmsteading (within the district of Boghead) houses one story, thatched and in good repair. The property of the Earl of Kintore. |
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MID MILL |
Mid Mill
Mid Mill
Mid-Mill
Midmill
Midmill
Midmill |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr William Divorty (Tenant)
Mr George Cruikshank
Estate Plan dated 1845
Valuation Roll 1859-60
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc in Scotland, dated 1857 |
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This name refers to several houses, three of which are used as dwelling houses, and one employed as a corn-mill, each one story, some thatched, some slated, and a few in ruins. All the property of the Earl of Kintore. |
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BROOMHILL |
Broomhill
Broomhill
Broomhill
Broomhill
Broomhills |
Mr A. Watt
Mr W. Divorty (Tenant)
Robert Yeaman (Tenant)
Estate Plan, dated 1845
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc in Scotland, dated 1857 |
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A small farmsteading with a few cotter houses attached thereto, each house one story, all thatched and in indifferent repair. The property of the Earl of Kintore. |
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MAINS OF KINTORE |
Mains of Kintore |
Mr A. Watt
Mr George Smith (Tenant)
Mr J. Gibbs |
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This was once a small farmsteading, the houses are now falling to ruins and the land is attached to the farm of Tofthills, it lies withing the district of Boghead. The property of the Earl of Kintore. |
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TUMULUS (Site of) [Mid Mill] |
Tumulus (Site of)
Tumulus (Site of)
Tumulus (Site of) |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr William Divorty |
065 |
The site of an ancient Cairn or Tumulus. It was opened some years since and found to contain a Stone Coffin, in which was deposited an Urn, together with bones, supposed to be human remains. The position of the Stone Coffin was not disturbed, the end of it having been taken out for the purpose of extracting its
contents, part of it (the Coffin) is still to be seen protruding its exposed end from the soil in which it had been embedded.
"Another cairn was more recently opened and found to contain, among some other things, a a rude urn, which was put into the hands of Thomas Wilson, at that time proprietor of Glasgowego"
New Statistical Account
This Tumulus is situated 20 chains north-east of Mid Mill, and 26 chains west of Tofthills. |
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CAMP [Hill of Boghead] |
Camp
Camp
Camp |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr W Divorty |
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A small Camp on the Hill of Boghead, and a short distance south of Ferneybrae, it consists of a single rampart, without ditch, and is circular in form, It is traditionally associated with the battle which is supposed to have been fought between the Scots and Danes, but of which no record appears to exist. |
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CAIRN PARK |
Cairn Park
Cairn Park
Cairn Park |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr W. Divorty |
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This name is applied to a newly enclosed and cultivated piece of land, which, prior to its being reclaimed, was covered with Tumuli, and contained one of the largest of these sepulchral monuments known by the name of Cairn O'Neil. Numbers of flint arrow heads were found in trenching and draining this field. |
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Site of TUMULI [Hill of Boghead] |
(Site of) Tumuli |
Mr A. Watt
Mr T. Watt
Mr J. Tocher Boghead by Kintore |
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These Cairns or Tumuli were destroyed last year (1863) to clear the ground for crop. An Urn was found (in the one to the North), which was broken to pieces when removing the stones of the Cairn. And (in the one to the South) was found a Mortar Stone, about 18 inches square and 6 inches thick, flat on the under side, and scooped or chiselled out on the upper side to the depth of 4 inches. It appears to have been used for the purpose of pounding provisions in, or holding some liquid. it is a hard granite stone, and is in the possession of the finder, Mr J. Tocher. Boghead. |
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[Note]
It is not necessary to write a note on the plans to each of
these two Cairns or Tumulus, describing what was found in them
By Order
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FERNEYBRAE |
Ferneybrae
Ferneybrae
Ferneybrae
Ferneybrae |
Mr A. Watt
Mr T. Watt
Mr James Will (Tenant)
Mr J Gibbs |
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A small farmsteading within the district of Boghead, dwelling house one story, thatched and in good repair. The property of the Earl of Kintore. |
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STANDING STONE [Ferneybrae] |
Standing Stone
Standing Stone
Standing Stone
Standing Stone |
Mr A. Watt
Mr T. Watt
Mr James Will
Mr George Smith |
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A large stone standing upright about 2½ feet high, 1½ feet square at the base, not supposed to be Druidical, it appears to be the snout or projection of a rock imbedded in the ground, a little to the north west of Ferneybrae. |
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THE SKAIR |
The Skair
The Skair
The Skair
The Skair
Skair |
Mr A. Watt
Mr T. Watt
Mr J. Will
Old Statistical Account
Fullarton's Gazetteer |
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This name is applied to a piece of Gen [General] Wade's Military road leading from Kintore to Aberdeen, (about 30 chain's) very steep and kept in bad repair. |
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CAIRN WELL |
Cairn Well
Cairn Well
Cairn Well |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. W. Divorty |
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A spring well, situated outside the north-east angle of Cairn Park, and so called from its proximity to Cairn O'Neil. |
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Site of CAIRN O'NEIL |
(Site of) Cairn O'Neil
(Site of) Cairn O'Neil
(Site of) Cairn O'Neil |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. Thomas Watt
Mr. W. Divorty |
065 |
The site of a large cairn or tumulus, it was opened several years ago, and found to contain a Stone Coffin, an Urn, together with bones supposed to be human remains. Tradition associates the Cairn with the battle, said to have been fought at this place, between the Scots and Danes at some remote period, but the origin of the name is unknown. |
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TOPPIES |
Toppies
Toppies
Toppies |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr Thomas Watt
Mr W. Divorty |
065 |
A small farmsteading dwelling house and Offices one storey, slated and in good repair. Property of the Earl of Kintore. |
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BRONZE BATTLE AXE FOUND HERE A.D. 1844 [Topples] |
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While workmen were engaged in trenching the ground adjacent to this steading in 1844, they found a bronze Battle Axe, which relic is now in the hands of Mr. Alexander Watt, Townhead, Kintore. |
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HILL OF BOGHEAD |
Hill of Boghead |
Mr. A. Watt,
Don side Guide Book
Mr. George Cruickshank,
Mr. T. Watt, |
065 |
A large district of hilly ground lying on the South Side of the Parish of Kintore, the greater part of which is covered with heath and furze, there has been several small houses erected, on the heath, within the last few years, and a portion of it allotted to each tenant, who are reclaiming it very fast,. There are dozens of small Cairns or Tumuli, scattered over the uncultivated parts, of the hill, several of them have been destroyed by the farmers, in clearing the ground for crops. It once belonged to the commonty of Kintore. It is now the property the Earl of Kintore. |
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SHERIFF BURN |
Sheriff Burn
Sheriff Burn
Sheriff Burn
Sheriff Burn
Sherrif-burn or Sheriff-burn |
Mr A. Watt
Don Side Guide Book
Mr George Cruickshank
Mr R. Yeaman, Mechanic Broomhill by Kintore
Old Statistical Account |
065 |
A small stream from 4 to 10 links' wide, formed by the united waters of Tillykay & Park Burns flowing slowly. Northwards, through Broomhill Wood, and joins the Tuach, a little above where the latter, crosses the Toll Road from Kintore to Aberdeen. |
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BROOMHILL PLANTATION |
Broomhill Plantation
Broomhill Plantation
Broomhill Plantation
Broomhill Plantation |
Mr A. Watt
Mr R. Yeaman
Mr T. Watt Postmaster Kintore
Estate Plan dated 1845 |
065 |
A small fir plantation lying between the farm of Broomhills and the Toll Road from Kintore to Aberdeen, bounded on the South by Strathray, the trees are very close to each other, and it seems to have never been thinned, it is about 20 years planted. The property of the Earl of Kintore |
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GAUCH HILL |
Gauch Hill
Gauch Hill
Gauch Hill |
Mr A. Watt
Mr T. Watt
Mr R. Yeaman |
065 |
A small portion of rising ground lying on the West side of the Toll road from Kintore to Aberdeen. It appears to have been a fir plantation some short time, ago, but there is a great portion of the trees now cut, and the ground remains in a rough uncultivated state, except a small bit, close to the road, before mentioned which has been let to Mr R. Yeaman on which he has built a snug cottage, and is reclaiming a portion of ground, around it. The property of the Earl of Kintore. |
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DALWEARY POT |
Dalweary Pot
Dalweary Pot
Dalweary Pot |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Mr. Thomas Watt |
065 |
A deep hole in the River Don, a little below where it is joined by the Silver Burn. |
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THE RUSHLACH |
The Rushlach
The Rushlach
The Rushlach
The Rushlach
Rushlach |
Mr. Alexander Watt
Mr. James Sheppard
Mr. Thomas Watt
Old Statistical Acct [Account] Fullarton's Gazetteer |
065 |
This name applies to a steep part of the old Road leading from Kintore to Aberdeen. |
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DALWEARY |
Dalweary
Dalweary
Dalweary
Dalwearie
Dalwearie
Dalweiry |
Rent Receipt 1863
Estate Plan dated 1845
Valuation Roll 1859-60
Old Statistical Account
Fullarton's Gazetteer
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen,s Seats, Villages etc in Scotland 1857 |
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A farmsteading, dwelling house and offices one storey in height thatched, and in good repair, the property of the Earl of Kintore. |
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DEYSTON |
Deystone
Deyston
Deyston
Deyston
Deyston |
Valuation Roll 1859-60
Mr A. Watt
Mr T. Watt
Mr W. Rait
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc in Scotland dated 1857 |
065 |
A large farmsteading, houses lately erected, all slated & in excellent repair, one story. It is in the hands of Dr [Doctor] Rainy Aberdeen. The property of The Earl of Kintore. |
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SILVER BURN |
Silver Burn
Silver Burn
Silver Burn |
Mr A. Watt
Mr T. Watt
Mr W. Rait |
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A small stream about 3 links wide falling into the river Don. It rose in a well called the Silver Well (in the Parish of Kinnellar) from which it is named. The water has been diverted from its original course for the purpose of turning thrashing machinery, & a short portion, of the original stream, only remains. |
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STANDING STONE [Aquherton] |
Standing Stone
Standing Stone
Standing Stone |
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Mr. G. Burness
Mr. G. Craighead |
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A Standing Stone situated in a field a short distance east of Aquherton, it is about 5½ feet high, 18 inches square, and supposed to be Druidical. |
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Site of TUMULUS [Boghead] |
(Site of) Tumulus
(Site of) Tumulus
(Site of) Tumulus |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr A. Craighead
Mr G. Burness |
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The Site of a Tumulus a short distance north of the farmsteading of Boghead.
"One of the larger of these barrows was opened many years by Mr John Lumsden, the farmer in Boghead. In removing the stones for the purpose of building fences, there were found several pieces of a black substance, very light, marked with dots of a different colour, and perforated, as with the view of they being strung together. And from about the centre of the cairn, a stone coffin was dug up, in or near which were discovered an Urn containing human hair, and a large ring capable of containing 2 or 3 fingers, and composed of a substance resembling finely veined marble. These relics, which seemed to all who examined them to be of very antiquity, were sent to the Earl of Buchan".
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STONE COFFIN, URN AND RELICS FOUND HERE [tumulus, Boghead] |
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The Site of a Tumulus a short distance north of the farmsteading of Boghead. "One of the larger of these barrows was opened many years by Mr John Lumsden, the farmer in Boghead. In removing the stones for the purpose of building fences, there were found several pieces of a black substance, very light, marked with dots of a different colour, and perforated, as with the view of they being strung together. And from about the centre of the cairn, a stone coffin was dug up, in or near which were discovered an Urn containing human hair, and a large ring capable of containing 2 or 3 fingers, and composed of a substance resembling finely veined marble. These relics, which seemed to all who examined them to be of very antiquity, were sent to the Earl of Buchan". New Statistical Account There is no traditional Account respecting these Tumuli. |
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BOGHEAD |
Boghead
Boghead
Boghead
Boghead
Boghead
Bogheads
Bogheads
Bogheads |
Estate Plan. dated 1845
Rent Receipt, dated 1862
Mr George Burness Tenant
Johnstone's Co. [County] Map
Aberdeen Postal Guide
Valuation Roll 1859-60
New Statistical Account
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc in Scotland 1857 |
065 |
A large farmsteading dwelling house two storeys, offices one, all slated and in very good repair, the property of the Right Honble [Honourable] the Earl of Kintore. |
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AQUHERTON |
Aquherton
Aquherton
Aquherton
Auqherton
Auquherton
Anquhiten
Anquhiten
Aquhirton |
Estae Plan, dated 1845
Mr George Fraser. Tenant
Rent Receipt. 1862
Valuation Roll 1859-60
New Statistical Account
Old Statistical Account
Fullerton's Gazetteer
Directory to Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats, Villages etc in Scotland 1857 |
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This name applies to a cluster of buildings comprising a farmsteading. The buildings are from one to two storeys in height, partly slated, partly thatched, and all in good repair. the property of the Earl of Kintore.
"One of Lord Kintore's tenants, Mr. Abel of Auquherton, has improved, within the last 30 years, upwards of 120 acres, for part of which he had the honor to receive the Highland Society's medal".
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GREENMOSS |
Greenmoss
Greenmoss
Greenmoss |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr A. Criaghead. Tenant
Mr G. Burness |
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A small farmsteading, dwelling house and offices one storey in height, thatched and in middling repair. the property of the Earl of Kintore. A bronze battle axe was found a short distance east of this farmsteading in 1848. |
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BATTLE AXE FOUND HERE A.D. 1848 [Greenmoss] |
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A small farmsteading, dwelling house and offices one storey in height, thatched and in middling repair. the property of the Earl of Kintore. A bronze battle axe was found a short distance east of this farmsteading in 1848. |
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KING'S CHAIR |
King's Chair
King's Chair
King's Chair |
Mr Alexander Watt
Mr A. Craighead. Tenant
Mr G. Burness |
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A large granite boulder, situated on the east bank of the Sheriff Burn. It is about 12 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 5 feet high, A portion of this boulder, facing the stream, has been hewn into the form of a rude chair, which was done - so says tradition - for the accomodation of some one of the old Scottish Kings, who sat in it witnessing the exploits of his army while engaged in battle. |
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NAME BOOK
OF THE PARISH OF
KINTORE
IN THE
CO. [County] OF ABERDEEN
[Stamped] ORDNANCE SURVEY M. S. STORE SOUTHAMPTON 14 MAR 1899 |
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INDEX
Name of Object -- Page
Aberdeen Canal (Disused) -- 11
Alford Valley Railway -- 44
An Urn containing Ashes found here A.D. 1858 -- 15
An Urn containing ashes found here -- 16
An Urn containing ashes found here -- 16
Aquherton -- 125
Ashfield Cottage -- 102
Backstyles -- 50
Bandshed Moss -- 45
Balbithan Island -- 24
Balbithan Pot -- 75
Battle Axe found here A.D. 1852 -- 100
Battle Axe found here A.D. 1848 -- 126
Battle Field -- 94
Black Pot of Ardtannes -- 6
Black Hillock -- 43
Blackland Well -- 24
Blairs -- 41
Blind Well (Site of) -- 47
Boat of Kintore -- 83
Boat of Thainston -- 22
Boghead -- 125
Bogfold -- 59
Bogfur -- 25
Brae of Kintore -- 72
Brae Pot -- 76
Breedie's Haugh -- 72
Bridgealehouse -- 88
Bridgealehouse Burn -- 84
Bridgealehouse Old T.P. [Turnpike] (Removed to Cairnhall) -- 84
Broomend -- 4
Broomhill -- 110
Broomhill Plantation -- 118
Broom Inch -- 73
Broom Inch -- 10
Broom Island --
Broom Lodge -- 4
Bronze Battle Axe found here A.D 1844 -- 116
Buchan's School -- 67
Bruce's Cave -- 6
Bruce's Camp -- 7
Burgh Muir -- 56
Burnside - 60
Burnmouth Pot -- 75
Cairnhall -- 34
Cairnhall T.P. [Turnpike] -- 34
Cairn O' Neil (Site of) -- 115
Cairn Park -- 112
Cairn Well -- 115
Camp -- 112
Camp -- 69
Camp -- 70
Camies' Grave -- 30
Camies Stone -- 31
Camiestone -- 27
Camiestone Cottages -- 28
Canal Cottage -- 98
Castle of Hallfores (In Ruins) -- 53
Castle Hill (Site of) -- 97
Chapel of Hallforest (Site of) -- 42
Church -- 101
Claypots -- 88
Cloven Stone -- 29
Clovenstone -- 36
Coble Haugh -- 9
Common Inch -- 98
Commons -- 74
Commons Pot -- 75
Court House -- 87
Coins found Here A.D. 1840 -- 100
Crichie -- 20
Crichie Plantation -- 22
Craighead Wood -- 66
Croft of Cottown -- 39
Crofts of Fordtown -- 48
Croft of Leylodge -- 50
Dalweary -- 120
Dalweary Pot -- 120
Denhead -- 109
Deers Den (Site of supposed Roman Camp) -- 86
Dews Ford -- 49
Dewsford -- 49
Dewsford Burn -- 50
Deyston --121
Dropping Pan --93
[Entry crossed out]
[Entry crossed out]
[Entry crossed out]
Drum Hill -- 57
Drumnaheath --57
Duncan's Forest -- 3
East Ley Lodge -- 65
Ferneybrae -- 114
Firley Moss -- 57
Flint Arrow Heads found here A.D. 1821 -- 26
Font (Removed from Kintore Old Church) --79
Fordtown -- 48
Free Church -- 91
Free Church Manse -- 23
Fularton -- 34
Gallow Top -- 106
Gauch Hill -- 119
Gauchhill Plantation -- 32
General Wade's Military Road -- 76
Goose Croft -- 71
Gourock Burn -- 28
Granite Cottage -- 8
Grave Yard (Disused) -- 35
Great North of Scotland Railway -- 43
Greeneddy Pot -- 98
Greenmoss -- 120
Hall Forest -- 52
Hallforest -- 55
Hallforest T.P [Turnpike] -- 49
Hangman's Croft -- 94 |
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Name of Object -- Page
Harthills -- 46
Harthills Plantation -- 46
Hawthorn Cottage - 103
Heads of Spears found here A.D 1856 -- 100
Hill of Boghead -- 117
Hill of Cottown -- 51
Hill of Kintore -- 100
Hindland -- 74
Hindland Pot -- 77
Home Farm -- 29
Horn Ford -- 44
How Ferry (Disused) -- 9
How Ford (Disused) -- 10
Inverury Brewery -- 3
Inverury Bridge A.D 1791 -- 3
Inverury Paper Mill -- 4
Johnsforest -- 24
Kiln Hillock -- 89
King's Chair -- 126
King's Seat -- 93
Kintore -- 1
Kintore -- 107
Kintore -- 107
Kintore Arms Inn -- 77
Kintore Inn -- 92
Kintore Lodge -- 103
Kirk Fold -- 104
Lady's Pot -- 44
Lady's Well -- 106
Lammies Crook -- 104
Lands of the Holy Cross -- 79
Loch Burn -- 84
Lochshangie Burn -- 68
Long Crook -- 73
Lower Tilty -- 23
Mains of Kintore -- 110
Manse -- 99
Mid Mill -- 110
Mill of Thainston -- 22
Nether Daugh -- 73
Nethermill -- 109
New Inn -- 14
New Street -- 92
Newton -- 33
North Cottown -- 51
North Leylodge -- 65
North of Scotland Bank -- 54
Over Daugh -- 74
Park Burn -- 63
Pineshaw-Cottage -- 12
Pineshaw Nursery -- 12
Port Elphinstone -- 19
Port Elphinstone Station -- 7
Port Elphinstone T.P. [Turnpike] -- 8
Post Office -- 5
Post Office -- 99
Railway Station -- 91
Ratchhill -- 36
Reedbank Pot -- 76
Riding Stone -- 8
River Don -- 37
Rollo Mire -- 102
Rollomire Burn -- 40
Roman Road Supposed Site of -- 95
Rosebank Nursery -- 54
Rosemount Cottage -- 103
Rumbling Pot -- 106
Rumplehead -- 59
Scabbed Inch -- 72
School -- 91
School -- 101
School -- 11
Scroggie Hill -- 40
Sculptured Stones (Removed from Castle Hill) -- 81
Sculptured Stone -- 85
Sculptured Stone found here -- 20
Shaw Hill -- 21
Shepherds Stone -- 45
Sheriff Burn -- 118
Siller Hill -- 47
Silver Burn -- 121
South Leylodge -- 65
South Womblehill -- 66
South Cottown -- 51
Spingie Mire -- 54
Springburn -- 47
Standing Stone (Sculptured) -- 85
Standing Stone -- 114
Standing Stone -- 123
Standing Stone (Sculptured) -- 13
Site of Standing Stone (Sculptured, Removed to the adjacent Druidical Temple) -- 14
Standing Stone -- 15
Standing Stone -- 16
Standing Stone -- 16 |
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[Index Continued]
Name of Object -- Page
Standing Stone -- 60
Standing Stone -- 61
Standing Stone -- 61
Standing Stone -- 61
Standing Stone -- 62
Standing Stones -- 62
Standing Stone -- 63
Standing Stone -- 63
Stone Circle (Remains of) -- 17,27 & 90
Stone Coffin found here A.D 1843 -- 58
Stony Hill -- 46
Stone Seat (Removed from Castle Hill) -- 82
Sun Dial (Removed from Kinkell Church) -- 83
Thainston -- 33
The Knock -- 58
The Rushlach -- 120
The Skair -- 114
The Square -- 77
Thornywest Well -- 68
Tillybin -- 58
Tillyakae Burn -- 64
Titabutie -- 59
Todfold -- 45
Tofthills -- 109
Tom's Croft -- 25
Toppies -- 116
Torryburn -- 99
Torry Burn -- 102
Townhead -- 100
Tuach Burn -- 105
Tuach Hill -- 105
Tumuli -- 70
Tumuli site of -- 113
Tumulus (Site of) --111
Upper Cottown -- 41
Upper Daugh -- 93
Upper Mill -- 52
Upper Tilty -- 23
Urns containing ashes, also heads of axes and charred vegetable matte found here A.D. 1858 -- 6
Urns containing ashes found here A.D. 1863 -- 106
Victoria Terrace -- 12
Ward Brae -- 104
Wardhead -- 66
Wardhouse -- 60
Wester Tillybin -- 58
Woodend -- 41
Woodhead -- 39
Woodside -- 39
Woodside Cottage -- 5
Womblehill -- 48
Woodend Burn -- 43
Upper Tavelty -- 23 Altered by authority of Mr James Macdonald, The Farm, Huntly N.B. [North Britain] To be used for 1" [1 inch] purposes only, further investigation to be made during revision of the larger scales. By order of the D.G. 12.08.95
Lower Tavelty -- 23 (Same as above)
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