OS1/4/28/50
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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CASTLE HILL | Castle Hill Castle Hill Castle Hill |
Revd [Reverend] J. Mitchell St Fergus Mr A Park St Fergus Mr R. Lillie Inverugie |
023.01 | Applies to a small hill stiuated on the north side of Inverugie Castle and on the top of which is a small raised mound of earth - "and where in feudal times when lords superior had the power of pot & gallows, criminals are supposed to have been executed, it later times used for holding bonfires on particular occasions |
INVERUGIE CASTLE (In Ruins) | Inverugie Castle Inverugie Castle Inverugie Castle |
Revd [Reverend] J Mitchell St Fergus Mr A Park St Fergus Mr R Lillie Inverugie Statistical account of parish by Rev. [Reverend] J Craige. St Fergus 1795 |
023.01 | Applies to the castle of Inverugie now in ruins, it appears to have been of considerable extent and two courts of it were formerly used as a granary and brewery for porter & beer; the south tower is standing very entire yet but the north one has fallen to decay, there is also a small tower at the back used as a staircase leading to the rooms and roof of the castle. The two gateways are still standing on the south side of the castle. "At what particular period the cheynes became proprietors of this parish is not certainly known; but it would appear, that they were in possession of this estate before the Cumines succeeded to the Earldom of Buchan. Sir Reginald Cheyne of Inverugie was the founder of the Carmelites house in Aberdeen. He had by his wife a daughter of Cumine Lord Badenoch over [continued on page 51] |
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