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10 [no header - Quotation re. Naughton Castle]
"To the east of the Abbey and where the valley already mentioned has begun to expand stands Naughton the residence of Mrs Bethune Morrison. The house which is good though not extensive is delightfully situated amid well wooded grounds on the southern slope of the rising ground on which are still to be seen the ruins of the ancient castle of Naughton. The Castle is said by Sibbald to have been built by Robertus de Lundon a natural son of William the Lion. During the reign of Alexander III [3rd] it was acquired by John de Haya, third son of William de Haya ancestors of the earls of Errol. In a charter to the abbey of Cupar granted by him with consent of his son Peter de Haya of a [yair] on the river Tay for the welfare of the soul of his deceased wife Juliana de Laselles he is designed Joannes de Haya de Ardnaughton. His descendent Sir William Hay of Naughton was very famous in the commencement of the fifteenth century. He fought in Flanders under Alexander earl of Mar in 1408 and is mentioned by Winton."- etc,

"According to Sibbald Naughton appears to have anciently had a variety of names He says that in the MSS. [Manuscripts] Register of the Priory of St. Andrews he finds it styled Doldancha and afterwards Chondro- hedalion, Hyrhat nachten, Nachchirb and Hadhnacten. We have farther seen that in the reign of Alexander III, [3rd] it was called Ardnachten which in the Celtic means the height of nachton. Here Sibbald supposes there had been a church belonging to the Culdees Subordinate to their establishment at St. Andrews but as the churches at that early period were built of wood it is utterly impossible to form any conception of where this building stood.Some have that Naughton was the site of the battle of Dunnechtan fought in 685 when the Pictish King Bridei the son of Bili defeated.......Leigh [Leightons History] vol 2 p 77

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This transcription can easily be checked by reference to Leightons History, probably available in online form.