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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunnottar Castle (Ruins of) | Dunnottar Castle Dunnottar Castle Dunnottar Castle Dunnottar Castle Dunnottar Castle |
Revd [Reverend] Alexander Silver Revd [Reverend] William Mearns A. W. Kinnear Esqr C. G. Munro Esqr Mr R Duthie |
017.08 | "Among the mouldering relics of ancient Scottish edifices, the ruins of Dunnottar Castle hold a prominent place. They occupy an area of between four and five acres on the top of a precipitous rock, separated by a deep chasm from the main-land and almost surrounded by the sea. The great tower, still nearly entire, and the ranges of buildings adapted to the various purposes of a garrisoned place, present in their majestic position and bold and varied outline, an object at once grand and picturesque. Nor is less interest derived from an examination of the interior, where, shut in by a portcullised gateway, and Secured at every assailable point by walls and ramparts, are to be seen, suffering less from time than from the hand of the spoiler, the halls and chambers, now roofless and deserted, which once were animated by the pomp and circumstances of war, and all splendour of baronial greatness. It is stated in the last Statistical Account, that there were in the custody of the late Mr Keith of Ravelston, and doubtless there now are in the possession of his grandniece, Lady Keith Murray, to whom the ruins belong, some old papers establishing that, during the contest between the parties of Bruce and Baliol, a fortress was built on this rock, by an ancestor of the family of Marischal, who acquired the right, on the condition of his erecting, in a more convenient situation, a parish church in lieu of that which formerly stood there another account is that a Sir William Keith suffered excommunication for having built the castle on consecrated ground, and that, by a bull from Rome in 1394, his excommunication was removed, on condition of [continued on page 52] |
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[page] 51Parish of Dunnottar
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