OS1/14/69/10

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
FORT [Brown Caterthun] Fort Mr Will Writer, Brechin
Ainslies Co. [County] Map
Val. [Valuation] Roll
Land of the Lindsays
Fullarton's Gazeteer
Chalmers Caledonia
Old Stat [Statistical] Account
019 Nearly all of the works of this Fort are still entire, The Inner rampart is nearly level with the ground but is quite traceable, It contains four gates, The next rampart rises about 4 feet above the ground and contains 9 gates, About 20 yards from it a broad ditch runs parallel with it, which on the West side is barely traceable, The next rampart is in good preservation and contains 9 gates, The outer rampart has also 9 gates and is surrounded by a narrow ditch, - "The situation of the Brown Caterthun is not so high as that just now described" (the White Caterthun) and its figure approaches much nearer to a circle, It is fortified with several slight earthen intrenchments whereof the central one appears to have served as a praetorium, The next to it is the strongest and contains no fewer than 7 gates, Those without it have likewise several openings for the sortee of the garrison"
General Roy's work on antiquities

"The name is plainly from the British word Cader, a fortress, a stronghold, and Dun, a hill. Several of the fortified hills in Wales bear the same prefix Cader; as Cader Dinmael, Cader Idris, and others. Cader Dun would be made Cader-dhun by the Scoto-Irish, Cader-thun by the Scoto-Saxons, and Forthill by the English." Chalmers Caledonia

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Co. [County] Forfar -- Parish of Menmuir

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Alison James- Moderator, Caspell

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