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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| HELL'S LUM | Hell's Lum Hell's Lum Hell's Lum |
Pratt's Buchan, page 26 Mr George Robertson, Collieston. Mr George Sangster, Whiteness |
048 | There are several caves in this neighbourhood, in which some fine specimens of petrifaction are to be found. One these, called "Hell's Lum", is said to be upwards of two hundred feet in length, and, in some places about thirty feet high. Extract ftom Pratts Buchan, page 26. |
| Site of the WRECK OF THE ST CATHERINE, ONE OF THE SHIPS OF THE SPANISH ARMADA A.D. 1588 | St Catharine's Dub St Catharine's Dub St Catharine's Dub |
048 | A small creek, situated a little south of Hell's-lum. Scarcely a quarter of a mile northwards from the village are the parish church and manse of Slains - modern buildings of no peculiar pretensions. Near this place, in one of the creeks, is a pool called by the fishermen St Catharine's Dub, where tradition has always affirmed that the St Catharine, one of the ships of the Spanish Armada, was wrecked in 1588. The truth of this report is confirmed by the fact that, in 1855, the Revd [Reverend] Mr Rust, parish minister of Slains, succeeded in raising one of the guns from this pool. This gun is complete in every respect, and not even corroded. The quality of the cast-iron is such, that a blacksmith in the neighbourhood, after a severe test, was disposed to pronounce it malleable iron. The extreme length of the gun is seven feet nine inches; from the muzzle to the touch-hole, six feet nine inches. The diameter of the bore is about three and one-fourth inches. The ball and wadding are in a perfect state of preservation; the weight of the ball is four pounds. The whole may be seen at the manse of Slains, where Mr Rust has the gun mounted on a carriage. It is said there are more guns in the same pool. Extract from History of Buchan page 25 & 26, by the Revd. [Reverend] John B. Pratt M.A. [Master of Arts] |
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| ST CATHARINE'S DUB | St Catharine's Dub St Catharine's Dub St Catharine's Dub |
048 | A small creek, situated a little south of Hell's-lum. Scarcely a quarter of a mile northwards from the village are the parish church and manse of Slains - modern buildings of no peculiar pretensions. Near this place, in one of the creeks, is a pool called by the fishermen St Catharine's Dub, where tradition has always affirmed that the St Catharine, one of the ships of the Spanish Armada, was wrecked in 1588. |
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[Page] 79Aberdeenshire -- Parish of Slains
[Note beside 'Hell's Lum'] - Lum; Lumb. A chimney. Sometimes the chimney top, the
whole of the building appropriated for one or more chimneys;
the stalk. (Jamieson).
[Note beside 'St Catharine's Dub'] - Dub. A small pool of rain water. A gutter. (Jamieson)
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