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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORBIE KNOWE | Corbie Knowe site of Danish Camps | Rev. [Reverend] George Arklay Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Fullarton's Gazetteer William Farrier, Farmer, Lunan Bay |
041 | A remarkable eminence near the sea. The extreme top of the knoll still remains in its original state, but the ground having been cut away round about it when undergoing cultivation, has considerably changed its former appearance. While undergoing the improvements mentioned, a very large quantity of bones were found at various places, some of them even skulls, in almost complete state of preservation. They were enclosed within stone slabs, covered by large piles of stone with earth above. A raven - scottice, a Corbie - was the Danish ensign. "On the lands of the Earl of Northesk are vestiges of Danish Camps." Fullarton's Gazetteer |
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[Page] 46Co. [County] Forfar -- Inverkeillor Parish
[Note]
"At the influx of the Lunan into the German Ocean, stand
the ancient ruins of Redcastle. Its dimensions are small,
its walls thick & compactly built & surrounded by a strong
rampart of considerable height. As this Castle is situated
almost in the centre, & commands the whole of the bay
of Lunan, it has naturally been supposed that King
William had built it to prevent the incursions of the Danes
who frequently landed in the bay; & an artificial mound
of earth on the West side of the bay, called "the Corbies Knowe"
has been conjectured to have been the place where the sacred
ensign of the Danes, distinguished by the Emblem of a Raven
(Scottice, Corbie,) was stationed; or it may have superseded
a Danish fort, for the eminence in question bears evident
marks of having been a fort long previous to the erection
of the Castle. Another tradition is, that it had been one of
the King's hunting seats. It might have been both. All however
agree tha t it was a royal residence. And this tradition
is fully borne out not only by several Charters from that monarch
in which one Berkley, a favourite of William & who designates
himself Lord Redcastle, subscribes as a witness, but also by the
names of many of the surrounding places." New Stat: [Statistical] Account
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