OS1/4/10/19
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Castle Hill | Continued | [continued from page 18] long since been demolished, but traces of them are yet distinctly visible. This castle, like many others along the coast, has been the subject of much speculation among antiquaries and historians. They appear to have been, in general, situated upon promontories, mountains and other lofty eminences. Their massive walls were cemented with vitried matter, (instead of lime), which is alleged to have been produced by a powerful heat and flux, (perhaps Kelp,) and which falling into the crevices of the building, so effectually united the whole, that the remains of the cement, which are occasionally to be found, appear to be almost as Strong as the sold rocK. These fortresses appear to have been occupied by the chiefs and proprietors of the adjacent Soil, as places of safety, in those barbarous and unsettled times, which rendered such erections necessary. It is traditionally reported, that this castle was originally the residence of the proprietors of Cullen and the adjacent grounds; and if such were the case, it is not improbable that the Queen of Robert de Bruce may have died in it. A father tradition repecting it (there being no record whatever) is, that it was a military fortress, occupied by the Scottish forces about the time of the invasion of the Danes, and when an enemy appeared, the inhabitants of Cullen carried their most valuable articles into the castle for Safety. Before the use of cannons, the Castle hill was extremely well situated for warlike operations being inaccessible from the north by an almost perpendicular rock of 170 feet in height." New Statistical Account [continued on page 20] |
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[page] 19Co. [County] Banff -- Parish of Cullen
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