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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site of RIRES CASTLE | Rires Castle Site of Rires Castle Site of Rires Castle Site of Riras Castle Reres Castle Castle of Rires |
Mr. James Lith Mr. Adamson Rent Receipts Hist. [History] of Fife (Sibbalds) History of Fife (Leighton's) Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] |
026 | [situation] About 1 Mile N.W. [Northwest] from Colinsburgh. The site of an ancient mansion house or castle which belonged to the family of Weems and subsequently to a Capt. [Captain] Chrichton, as descendant of the Earls of Dumfries. The walls were standing untill about fourteen years ago when they were taken down by the present tenant of the farm of Reres for the purpose of building a fence. It was an oblong square built of rough unhewn stone, with walls of about seven feet in thickness. |
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17 Parish of Kilconquhar[Margin note] Page in Forms 136 [57]
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"Above on the side of the hills is first Riras antiently belonging to the name of Weems and then by marriage with a son of Pitsligoe's it came to the Forbeses and of late to Captn. [Captain] Chrichton descended of the Earl of Dumfries. Now the property of Alexander Bayne Esq." Sibbald's Hist. [History] of Fife. p. 357.
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