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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FERNIE CASTLE | Fernie Castle Fernie Castle Fernie Castle Fernie Castle House of Fernie Wester Fernie Wester Fernie |
Mr.Dickson Westhall Revd. [Revrend] Mr. Espline Letham Mr. Smith Connoquhie Thomas Ritchie Miller Fernie Mill New Stat: Acct: [Statistical Account] Leighton's Hist. [History of Fife] Fullarton's Gazetteer |
010 | [situation] Upwards of 1/2 a mile E.N.E. [East North East] of the Village of Letham. A large and well constructed Mansion, with suitable offices, vegetable garden and a small well wooded demesne attached. The house is said to be very old and to have been at one time a place of considerable strength though nothing in its present appearance denotes that. The house at present is occupied by a person who is placed there for keeping the rooms etc. aired. It is the property of Francis Balfour Esqr. Though the written accounts call it "Fernie House" & "Wester Fernie" in the locality it is only known as "Fernie Castle" |
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27 Parish of Monimail Plan 10B Trace 8[Quotation] "South-west of Rankeillour is Wester Fernie, the seat of Francis Balfour, Esqr. This house is obviously of great antiquity and has at one time been a place of considerable strength, surrounded by marshy ground which defended its approach. The grounds are now well drained and richly ornamented with old timber. Fernie appears to have been part of the original estate of the Earls of Fife and the vulgar tradition is, though there is no authority for the supposition, that it was one of Macduff's Castles." Leightons Hist [History] of Fife. Vol II [Volume 2] P. 117.
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