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CARESTON |
Careston
Careston
Caraldston or Careston
Careston
Careston
Careston
Careston
Careston
Careston |
Old Stat [Statistical] Account
New Stat [Statistical] Account
Fullarton's Gazetteer
Sheriff's Returns
Valuation Roll
County Map
Estate Plans
Land of the Lindsays
Memorials of Angus & Mearns |
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"Many centuries before the erection of this parish, the lands of which it consists are said to have taken their name from Carald, a Danish leader, who in his flight from the battle of Aberlemno, was slain & in order to perpetuate his memory, his victors raised over his place of sepulture a barrow, & on it erected an obelisk named from him, Carald-stane, or Carald's-stone, contracted afterwards into the more modern term Careston (The barrow here referred to is believed to be that shown on plan 33-2) Others derive the name of this parish from the Ancient but now disused Celtic word Carald which at one time denoted the quality red, as having the colour of the rock which forms the middle portion of the subsoil of this parish.
New Stat [Statistical] Account
"The parish of Careston is of recent origin, & formed a part of that of Brechin down to a late period. the act for erecting the district into a separate
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parish was not obtained until the year 1641. It is the least of any parish in Angus-Shire, both as regards extent & population, and the fifth in the Kingdom".
Land of the Lindsays
It is bounded on the North by the parish of Menmuir; on the West by the parishes of Fearn & Tannadice; on the South by the parish of Aberlemno; and on the East by the parish of Brechin. The River South Esk touches on the south and forms its boundary for a short distance. The Noran Water (a small river) falls into the South Esk in the parish. The only Antiquities in the parish are Careston Castle (which is habitable but unoccupied at present) Fuirdstone Castle (site of) and the Tumulus or Law already referred to. The principal Proprietor is the Right Honble. [Honourable] the Earl of Fife.
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MONYTIMBER |
Monytimber
Monytimber
Monytimber
Monytimber
Monytimber
Moneytimber |
Lease of Hillhead
Mr. P. Gordon Land Steward
Mr McConnachie, Schoolmaster
Mr Hannay, Factor
Mr. D Stewart, Hillhead
County Map |
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An extensive piece of thinly wooded land belonging to the Estate of Careston. It extends from the march of the Parish, adjoining Fearn, to the part eastwards of the same wood which is named the North Wood. Formerly this was a fine wood and in Roup Bills - i.e. Auctioneering Notices, it always went by the name "Monytimber", the meaning of which is muchtimber, originating it is supposed from the former closeness and value of the wood itself. The Right Honble.[Honourable] the Earl of Fife is propr.[proprietor]. The name Monytimber extends eastwards to the indent near the east margin of Trace 5, formed by a part brought under cultivation. "North Wood" begins from this point. |
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NORTH WOOD |
North Wood
North Wood
North Wood
North Wood
North Wood of Careston |
Mr. P. Gordon Land Stewart
Mr. D. Stewart Hillhead
Mr McConnachie Schoolmaster
Mr. Hannay, Factor
Plan of Brechin Feus |
026 |
The eastern half, or about the half, of an extensive belt of wood running along the northern By. [Boundary] of the parish, and extending from its north-western extremity, adjoining Fearn Ph. [Parish], to its north eastern adjoining the Parish of Menmuir The western part of the belt is known as Monytimber - See the other side. These names are so well known that recently the name "North Wood" was entered in the Registrar's Book respecting a birth. |
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PEATHILL |
Peathill
Peathill
Peathill
Peathill
Peathill |
Valuation Roll
Estate Map
Mr P Gordon, Land Steward
Mr. Hannay, Factor
Land of the Lindsays |
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A good Farm Steading the property of the Earl of Fife. |
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CATTLE RAKE |
Cattle Rake
Cattle Rake
Cattle Rake
Cattle Rake |
Mr. Gordon, Steward of Careston
Mr. D. Stewart, Hillhead of Careston
Mr. A. Airth, Windsor
Mr. A. Doig, Hilton of Fearn |
026 |
The name of a well known Drove Road between Tarnton Moor (corrupted from Trinity Moor) in Brechin and the south - extending or did extend formerly it is said, as far south as England. It is only to be found at the present time in small detached parts not reclaimed as it appears in this Parish. Westwards, in the Parish of Fearn, it is converted into a Statute Labour Road, after it passes Windsor Farm, but the name is not identified with it where it has become a Stat [Statute] Labour Road, nor is it understood to apply to the continuation of the same Road farther westwards in the Parish of Tannadice. Between Careston & "Tarnton Moor" it is said, by the authorites quoted, to exist in part at "Little Brechin", and westwards from Careston, it is, upon the same authorities, to be seen at Newtyle Parish - some twenty miles south west. |
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WHITESIDE OF CARESTON |
Whiteside of Careston
Whiteside of Careston
Whiteside of Careston
Whiteside of Careston
Whiteside Crofts
Whiteside
Whyteside Croft |
Mr. P. Gordon Land Steward
Mr. Hannay, Factor
Mr. M Connachie, Schoolmaster
Mr. D. Stewart Hillhead
Estate Map
Co. [County] Map
Valuation Roll |
026 |
A few small holdings between the farm of Peathill, in the west, & the Parish By. [Boundary] in the east and the lands of which apply from the Roadside, at the Parish school (26.15 Trace 1) to the "North Wood". The name is invariably used in speaking as adopted on Examination Trace. Some of the allotments of Whiteside have distinctive names of long standing and are well known, such as Ormondhill &c.
Lord Fife Proprietor
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ORMONDHILL |
Ormondhill
Ormondhill
Ormondhill
Ormondhill
Ormond Hill Croft |
Estate Map
Mr. Hannay, Factor
Mr. P. Gordon Land Steward
Mr. M Connachie, Schoolmaster
Valuation Roll |
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A well known name in the Whiteside of Careston, applying to one of its Pendicles. |
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HILLHEAD OF Careston |
Hillhead of Careston
Hillhead of Careston
Hillhead of Careston
Hillhead of Careston
Hillhead of Careston
Hillhead or Hillhead of Careston
Hillhead
Hillhead
Hillhead
Hillhead |
Mr D. Stewart Tt. [Tenant]
Mr Hannay Factor
Mr P Gordon, Steward
Mr McConnachie Schoolmaster
Mr Keir, Waterston
Carts of Tenant (on some of the carts)
Valuation Roll
Estate Map
New Stat [Statistical] Account
Old Stat [Statistical] Account |
026 |
A farm steading on the Hillhead above Castle of Careston. It is a name always used in the form given on the Examination Trace, although that mode does not appear on the Estate Map nor in the Val. [Valuation] Roll. There is more reason for adopting the name as generally used from the Hillton of Fearn, in the adjoining Parish on the Estate of Fearn, being near the Hillhead of Careston. |
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BIRK WOOD |
Birk Wood
Birk Wood
Birk Wood
Birk Wood
Birk Wood
Birch Wood |
Mr Gordon Land Steward
Mr Hannay, Factor
Mr. J Keir, Waterston
Mr M'Connachie Schoolmaster
A. Young Whiteside of Careston
Estate Map |
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A mixed wood at the south-west corner of the policies of Careston invariably used in speaking in the Scottish form "Birk" for Birch. (Jameison) |
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WHAMMOND'S LOAN |
Whammond's Loan
Whammond's Loan
Whammond's Loan
Whammond's Loan
Whammond's Loan |
Mr D Stewart Hillhead
Mr Hannay, Factor
Mr. J. Keir Waterston, Fearn
Mr P Gordon Land Steward
Mr. MConnachie Schoolmaster |
026 |
A well known name applying to a Public & ill kept Road branching southwards from the Ph. [Parish] Road by Hillhead to the Farm of Waterston in the adjoining Ph. [Parish] of Fearn. It also extends northwards from the Ph. [Parish] Road to the point where the "Cattle Rake" crosses it going to Fearn Ph. [Parish] |
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BRACKLAWBURN |
Bracklawburn
Bracklawburn
Bracklawburn
Bracklayburn
Bracklawburn |
Estate Map
Mr. Hannay, Factor
Mr. Gordon, Steward
Valuation Roll
New Stat [Statistical] Account |
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An old steading occupied by cotters. It belongs to Careston Estate the property of Lord Fife. |
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CHURCH [nr Bracklawburn] |
Church
Church
Church |
Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Milne Incumbent
Mr McConnachie, Schoolmaster
Mr. Stewart, Hillhead of Careston |
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A plain stone building with grave yard around it enclosed by a wall. The church is small being capable of holding a congregation of between 2 & 300. |
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MANSE [nr parish church] |
Manse
Manse
Manse |
Revd [Reverend] Mr Milne
Mr. McConnachie, Schoolmaster
Valuation Roll |
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The parsonage house of Careston situate close to the Church. There is a good garden & office houses attached. Occupied by the Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Milne Incumbent of Careston Kirk. |
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MILL OF CARESTON (Corn) |
Mill of Careston (Corn)
Mill of Careston (Corn)
Mill of Careston (Corn) |
Valuation Roll
Estate Map
Mr P Gordon, Land Steward |
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A Corn Mill on the Noran belonging to Careston Estate. There is a farm attached to this holding. |
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MAINS |
Mains of Careston
Mains
Mains
West Mains |
Estate Map
Mr. P. Gordon Steward
Land of the Lindsays
Valuation Roll |
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An old steading in the policies of Careston occupied by workmen of the neighborhood. There is an evident misapplication & impropriety in the term West as given in the Roll. It is not used on the Estate as West Mains but generally as "Mains" only which from being within the policies is adopted on the Examination Trace. |
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CARESTON CASTLE |
Careston Castle
Careston Castle
Careston Castle
Careston Castle
Careston Castle
Careston Castle |
Valuation Roll
Mr Hannay Factor
Mr Gordon Land Steward
New Statistical Account
Land of the Lindsays
Jervise's Memorials |
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"Under this head (antiquities) may be mentioned the Castle of Careston, the main part of which was erected 440 years ago by the Earl of Crawford who, tradition says also built Finhaven his chief residence. The West wing which is evidently the oldest, is said to have been built by one of the Carnegy family, & most likely when they came into the possession of the property of Careston. The East wing is thought to have been built by Major S Keene, soon after he acquired the Estate. Both wings project to a good distance from the main body of the house but are connected by a long lobby in front. Although the Castle cannot boast much ornament in its construction it is on the whole a stately edifice & carries in
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in its appearance an aspect of grandeur well suited to a baronial residence." New Statl. [Statistical] Account
The Castle is not in a ruinous state, but it has not been occupied for a considerable time. The pleasure grounds around the Castle, the office houses, & the policies generally are in a neglected condition. The wings of the Castle are represented on the Examination Trace by the divisions shewn in the building , & the "lobby", which is a low building of one story, is separated also on the Trace from the body of the Castle by a division. The Square portion of the Castle & the wings are of similar height, the divisions being adopted on the Tracing as explanatory of its description. The office house behind the Castle stroked on the Examination Trace is supposed to be of a great age as any part of the Castle. The whole of the policies of Careston are kept as permanent pasture ground, with the exception of the small holding of the Park Trace 5.26-15, which see. Careston is the Earl of Fife's property. |
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SCHOOL [nr Pitforthie Den] |
School
School
School
School |
Valuation Roll
Mr M'Connachie Schoolmaster
Mr. Gordon Steward of Careston
Mr. Hannay, Factor |
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The parochial school of Careston in which there is a Post Office kept. |
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The parochial school of Careston in which there is a Post Office kept. |
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PITFORTHIE DEN |
Pitforthie Den
Pitforthie Den
Pitforthie Den
Pitforthie Den |
Estate Map
Mr. Gordon Steward
Mr. M'Connachie, Schoolmaster
Mr. Hannay, Factor |
026 |
This name is frequently mentioned in connexion with Careston in a work called "Land of the Lindsays", and the Den is the only object on the Estate, in Careston Ph. [Parish], to which the name is retained. The name applies along the banks of the stream within the policies of Careston |
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PARKSIDE |
Parkside
Parkside
Parkside
Parkside |
Valuation Roll
Estate Map
Mr Gordon Steward
Mr Hannay, Factor |
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A well known name applying to a pendicle in the Whiteside of Careston. |
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COWHILL |
Cowhill
Cowhill
Cowhill
Cowhill |
Valuation Roll
Estate Map
Mr Gordon Steward
Mr. Hannay, Factor |
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A small holding to the south of the Road, which road may be said to separate the Whiteside of Careston from this pendicle & the Smithy - Craignook. Cowhill is an old & well known name. It belongs to Careston Estate. |
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CRAIGNOOK |
Craignook |
Valuation Roll
Estate Map
Mr Gordon Steward
Mr. Hannay, Factor |
026 |
Another pendicle similar to the above. The Smithy of the Parish is kept at Craignook |
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SOUTH DRUM |
South Drum
South Drum
South Drum
South Drum |
Estate Map
Mr Gordon, Steward & occupier
Mr M Connachie Schoolmaster
Mr. Hannay, Factor |
026 |
A good cottage with a neat garden attached. It is occupied by the Steward of Careston Estate. It stands on the south side of the Toll Road near the ninth mile stone from Forfar. |
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NORTH LODGE [Careston] |
North Lodge
North Lodge
North Gate |
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Mr. Gordon, Steward
Valuation Roll |
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See South Lodge Trace 33-3 Trace 1. This Lodge gate is near the Ph. [Parish] School |
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ROUGHPARK WOOD |
Roughpark Wood
Roughpark Wood
Roughpark Wood
Roughpark Wood |
Mr. Gordon Steward
Mr. A. Young Whiteside
Mr. Keir Waterston
Mr Hannay, Factor |
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A wide belt of wood on the south-east of Careston policies Pitforthie Den passes through it. |
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THE PARK |
The Park
The Park
The Park
The Park of Careston |
Estate Map
Mr Gordon Steward
Mr Hannay, Factor
Valuation Roll |
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A small farm or field, in which there is a dwelling within the policy wall of Careston. It is the only piece of land in the policies let for tilling, the whole of the remainder being kept as permanent ornamental pasture ground. Being, within the grounds it is described as "ornamental" in addition to the description arable, as in the present state of the Estate it is most likely to follow either the improvement of being kept in its original state if the mansion or Castle be occupied, or else be kept as arable ground should the policies be let for farming. |
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NETHER CARESTON |
Nether Careston
Nether Careston
Nether Careston
Nether Careston
Nether Careston
Nether Careston |
Valuation Roll
Estate Map
Mr. Gordon, Steward
Mr. Hannay, Factor
New Stat [Statistical] Account
Land of the Lindsays |
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A good farm steading near the point where the Noran passes under the Brechin & Forfar Road. It is the property of the Right Honble.[Honourable] the Earl of Fife. (See "Lawshed" below) |
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LAW (Stone Cists and Urns found) |
Law-shed (Remains of) Urns & Stone Cists found
Law-shed (Remains of) Urns & Stone Cists found
Law-shed (Remains of) Urns & Stone Cists found
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Land of the Lindsays
Mr. Gordon, Steward of Careston
Mr. A. Young, Whiteside
Mr M'Connachie, Schoolmaster |
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"Many centuries before the erection of this Parish, the lands of which it consists are said to have taken their [name] from Carald, a Danish leader, who, in his flight from the battle of Aberlemno, was slain not far from the present farm house of Nether Careston and in order to perpetuate the memory of this achievement, his victors raised over his place of sepulture a barrow, and on it erected an obelisk, named from him Carald's Stane, contracted afterwards into the more modern term Careston. The obelisk has long since been removed but the barrow yet remains". New Statl. [Statistical] Account.
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Law [note]
Barrow shade applied to some parks in the
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"The necessary adjunct", (in reference to a castle at Balnabriech (Brechin Ph [Parish]) which the author in shewing its Gaelic derivation as probably Bal-na-breith and implying "the town of judgment or sentence") "the Law or Cairn stood on an adjoining field, called the Law Shed, where many rude stone Coffins and Urns were found on reducing the Cairn which lay nearly due south of the site of the reputed monument of Carril." Land of the Lindsays.
The personal authorities given are familiar with the account of the stone Coffins or Cists, & Urns being found, in the Law. It is still remarkable in the field where it stands, particularly from the Law standing on a slight eminence but the remains shewn are those of the Law which as before stated is still to be seen. Nothing is known of the site of the barrow or tumulus on which it is said the monument stood. - About 30 years ago there were trees on the Law Shed & a wall enclosed it. |
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[Note to Land of Lindsays quotation]
I conceive this to be purely
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WARDEND |
Wardend
Wardend
Wardend |
New Statl. [Statistical] Account
County Map
Mr. P. Gordon Land Steward |
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A couple of cot houses now belonging to N. [Nether] Careston farm and generally understood under that name, the old & proper name - Wardend being little known. The writer of the N. S. [New Statistical] Account of this Parish attributes or supposes the name to be derived from a supposed Fort of the Romans which is thought to have been at the confluence of the Noran with the South Esk. "Some writers say", the author of the Land of the Lindsays adds in a Marginal Note, referring to pre-historic traces in the neighbourhood being very meagre, "that (ad Esicam) the pass of the Romans in A.D. 81, was at the junction of the Noran & South Esk, in the parish or Careston; but it is generally supposed to have been at Montrose or some place thereabout." |
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NORAN WATER |
Noran Water
Noran Water
Noran Water
Noran Water
Noran Water
Noran Water
Noran Water
Noran Water
Noran Water |
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Co. [County] Maps
Mr Gordon Steward of Careston
Mr Tosh, Wellford Fearn
J. Gibb, Gamekeeper Fearn
Mr M Connachie Schoolmaster
Land of the Lindsays
New & Old Statl. [Statistical] Accounts
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A little river which rises in the hills of Fearn Parish & flows to the South Esk which it joins in this Parish, forming the boundary of Fearn Ph. [Parish] and also of Careston for some distance. In rainy seasons it becomes quickly swollen, and to a dangerous extent sometimes. |
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GATESIDE |
Gateside
Gateside
Gateside
Gateside
Gateside |
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Estate Plan
Mr Gordon Steward
Mr. Hannay, Factor
Land of the Lindsays |
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A good dwelling still remains at Gateside, which was formerly a farm steading, but the offices are mostly away now. It belongs to Careston Estate the property of the Earl of Fife. |
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Noran Water [note]
"The water of Noran is so peculiarly limpid, that
there is yet a tradition that one of our queens, in
olden times, washed her cutch or cap in its stream, near the place where the farm-house of
Nether Careston is now situated & pronounced the Noran to be the clearest stream in Scotland"
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SOUTH LODGE [Careston] |
South Lodge
South Lodge
South Gate |
Mr. Hannay, Factor
Mr. P. Gordon, Steward
Valuation Roll |
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A term which from custom establishes the south Lodge gate of Careston as a proper name being always so distinguished from the other Lodge - the North. See N. [North] Lodge. Remarks on South Lodge also applies to the N. [North] Lodge. |
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RIVER SOUTH ESK |
South Esk |
See adjoining Ph. [Parish] of Aberlemno. |
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COLINSHAUGH |
Colinshaugh
Colinshaugh
Colinshaugh |
Valuation Roll
Estate Map
Mr Gordon Steward |
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A farm steading on the south of the River (South Esk) where the Parish of Careston crosses it at the south-eastern extremity of its bounds. The Earl of Fife is Proprietor. |
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Site of FUIRDSTONE CASTLE |
Site of Fuirdstone Castle |
Land of the Lindsays
New Statl. [Statistical] Account
Mr Peter Gordon, Careston |
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"It is also said that Careston was known at one time by the name of Fuirdstone. This is assumed from a decreet of valuation of the tiends in 1758, in which the expression occurs of 'the lands and barony of Caraldstone, formerly called Fuirdstone, with the tower, fortalice, manor-place, &c' But according to Lord Spynies Charter of the lands in 1606, this passage admits of a different and more likely interpretation, and merely signifies that a part of the lands of Careston were so called. This stronghold is mentioned by Monipennie in 1612, as the Castle of "Barnabriech". The ruins of a large house, called the "Castle of Fuirdstone", were erased from a field west of the farm house of Balnabriech, about the beginning of this century, and, to this day, the plough turns up ruins of old buildings near the same place. The name had doubtless originated from the number of fords which are at this part of the river." Land of the Lindsays. |
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[Note]
"The present incumbent has in his
posession a decreet of Valuation of the tiends
of date 1758, wherein the Lands of Careston are
designed by the name of Fuirdstone in the follow:
ing manner. 'All & whole these parts of the lands
and barony of Careston alias Balnamoon, particul:
:arly after specified, viz. the lands and barony of
Caraldstone, formerly called Fuirdstone, with the
tower, fortalice, manor place' &c.
The tower of Fuirdstone referred to was situated
on the farm of Wester Balnabriech, and its remains
were removed by the late tenant in the course of his
improvement of the above farm. It is not unlik:
:ely that the fore-mentioned tower and other buildings
therewith connected constituted the first mansion-
house on the Estate of Careston".
New Statl. [Statistical] Account.
[Volume signed]
John Bayly
Major R.E. [Royal Engineers] |
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[Volume] 13
OS1/14/13
Date Stamp: Ordnance Survey M.S. [Manuscript] Store
19 Dec. [December] 1918
Southampton
Ph. [Parish] of
Careston
Co. [County] Forfar
Co. [COUNTY] FORFAR
PARISH OF CARESTON
1/2500 Scale |
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Index
Names -- Sheet -- Plan -- Page
Birk Wood -- 26 -- 14 -- 10
Bracklawburn -- 26 -- 14 -- 11
Cattle Rake -- 26 -- 10 -- 5
Church -- 26 -- 14 -- 11
Careston Castle -- 26 -- 14 -- 13
Cowhill -- 26 -- 15 -- 16
Craignook -- 26 -- 15 -- 16
Colinshaugh -- 33 -- 3 -- 24
Fuirdstone Castle Site of -- 33 -- 3 -- 25
Gateside -- 33 -- 2 -- 22
Hillhead of Careston -- 26 -- 14 -- 9
Law -- 33 -- 2 -- 19
Monytimber -- 26 -- 10 -- 3
Manse -- 26 -- 14 -- 12
Mill of Careston -- 26 -- 14 -- 12
Mains -- 26 -- 14 -- 12
North Wood -- 26 -- 10 -- 4
North Lodge -- 26 -- 15 -- 17
Nether Careston -- 33 -- 2 -- 19
Noran Water -- 33 -- 2 -- 22
Ormondhill -- 26 -- 11 -- 7
Peathill -- 26 -- 10 -- 4
Pitforthie Den -- 26 -- 15 -- 15
Parkside -- 26 -- 15 -- 15
Roughpark Wood -- 26 -- 15 -- 18
River South Esk -- 33 -- 3 -- 24
School -- 26 -- 15 -- 15
South Drum -- 26 -- 15 -- 16
South Lodge --- 33 -- 3 -- 23
The Park -- 26 -- 15 -- 18
Whiteside of Careston -- 26 -- 11 -- 7
Whammond's Loan -- 26 -- 14 -- 11
Wardend -- 33 -- 2 -- 21 |
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