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Parish of Rhynie
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Description Continued - "Cairn of small stones, called the Cairn of Mildewen, which I am told means the grave of a thousand or a great many. Lord Hailes remarks that Lulach, whom Macbeth's party set up, after the Usurpers death, was afterwards discovered in his lurking place in the Parish of Essy in this neighbourhood, but as after a most careful search, no marks of a battle can be found in this parish, perhaps this monumental pile may have been raised on that occasion."
(From the Statistical Account of Scotland vol XIX. p 292. Edin 1797)

"There is a tradition of a battle having been fought at a remote period about the middle of this Parish; and a large stone about five feet diameter, on which there are some [continued on next page]