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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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CRAIGLICH | Craiglich Craiglich Craiglich Craiglich Craiglich Craiglich |
Robert Smith Esqr. Glenmillan Mr. James Strachan Milton of Auchenhove Mr. John Milne Ph. [Parish] Registrar Blealack Revd [Reverend] Charles McCombie L.L.D. [Doctor of Law] Old Statistical Account Fullarton's Gazetteer |
071 | This is the highest hill in the parish the portion of it in this parish is rocky and Steep a part of its watershed forms the Ph. [Parish] Boundary at the extreme north-west the property of Francis Farquharson Esqr. Finzean and others. |
CAIRNS [Craiglich] | Tumuli Tumuli Tumuli Tumuli Cairns Cairns Cairns |
Robert Smith Esqr. Mr. James Strachan Mr. John Milne Revd [Reverend] Charles McCombie L.L.D. [Doctor of Law] Andrew Ross Esqr. Factor, Tarland New Satistical Account Old Statistical Account |
071 | At the south base of this hill and extending into the Ph. [Parish] of Coull are a great number of Tumuli of which the Statistical account of the Ph. [Parish] makes no mention: they are all nearly of the Same Size and Shape viz about two feet high by about 15 feet in diameter Some thing like 5 or 6 cart loads of Small Stones thrown in a heap; the local tradition is that a battle has been fought here and the Slain buried where they fell. |
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[Page] 27County of Aberdeen Parish of Lumphanan
Cairns Tumuli . These monuments of the dead are entirely composed of Small stones, and as they are invariably called "Cairns" in the neighbourhood the name has be altered.
Taking a direct line between Loch Canmor or Daven and Aberdeen the Tumuli at Mulloch in the Ph. [Parish] Aboyne ,these, those at Mill Maud and others in the Ph. [Parish] of Skene (at Garlogie) would be all in the same line of rout. which makes it probable that the Danes were routed and pursued from Mulloch by Malcolm as far as Aberdeen.
Referring to the battle of Culblean which is the fight that the Examiner alludes to and which was fought by Malcolm III and the Danes in A.D. ? the "legends of the Braes of Mar" says "the pursuit continued to the Seaside, where the Danes were exterminated."
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