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other. A part of this wall on the north existed till within these few years and one of the towers still remains. From the construction of this tower it had evidently been a place of defence and is supposed to have been near the gate which formed the principal entrance to the castle. Within the memory of some individuals in the Parish there was another tower to the north of the castle which contained an oven and had been devoted to culinary purposes. The Castle is situated on a gently rising ground and in ancient times before Lordscairnie Myre was drained, in the midst of which it is placed must have been surrounded with water and nearly inaccessible" etc See New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Fifeshire page 789.


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"There are only two objects possessing any antiquarian interest in the parish Cairnie castle commonly called Lords Cairnie, an ancient seat of the earls of Crawford and an old house Colluthie the remains of the residence of the Ramsays of Colluthie. The castle of Cairnie is said to have been built by Alexander third earl of Crawford commonly called Earl Beardy from his great beard or the Tiger Earl from the fierceness of his disposition. The probability is that the tradition is correct, as the property of Moonzie, Lords Cairnie and Myreside then generally denominated Auchtermoonzie came to the Crawford family by the marriage of Alexander second Earl with Mariotta Dunbar daughter and heiress of David Dunbar of Cockburn son of George earl of March, who was proprietor of Auchtermoonzie. Sibbald errs, p. 410, in saying hat the Lords Cairnie came to the Crawfords..[Continued]
in saying, that the Lords Cairnie came to the Crawfords