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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CULQUHANY CASTLE | Culquhanny Castle Culquhanny Castle Culquhanny Castle Culquhanny Colquhonnie |
Statistical Account 1843 Revd [Reverend] John Watt. The Manse Mr A.G. Anderson. Schoolmaster Alexander Davidson Esq Factor Valuation Roll. 1859-60 |
060 | "Tradition Says Culquhanny Castle was built by Forbes of Towie (a cadet of the Putachie family who married the heiress of Towie) early in the Sixteenth century, but it was never finished" [vide] statistical account 1843 page 543. This building evidently has been intended for a stronghold, as it is all arched over and made bombproof & having loop holes &c. It is now in a very dilapidated state, the ground floor and part the first floor is all that remains at present, and the ground floor is now used as a Cellar or Store room From the appearance of the ground it would readily be supposed that there had formerly been a moat around this building. but if it had been completed or used as such, cannot be assertained it is now filled up |
| COUL OF NEWE | Coul of Newe Coul of Newe Coul of Newe Coull |
Alexander Davidson Esq Factor Revd [Reverend] John Watt. The Manse Mr A.G. Anderson Valuation Roll |
060 | Two ordinary farm houses, with offices garden &c attached also two Cottages known by this name the property of Sir Charles Forbes of Newe Castle |
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[Page] 71Parish of Strathdon
[Note beside 'Culquhanny Castle' Remains of]
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Colquhonny Castle proper spelling
Culquhony, in 1438.
[Initialled] JMcD
This name should be written "Colquhonny" as always is done in maps of the district. (The most important part of the place at present is that there is a good Inn here, the only one for many miles East or west)
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