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| [Dunnottar Castle continued] | [continued from page 53] Probably the kirk was restored after this date, and, in the year 1336, the English being in possession of the 'pele' of Dunottar, they were driven from their post by the Scots. during this siege the army did considerable damage to the neighbourhood by destroying the crops, and appropriating the cattle to their use. At this time Dunottar belonged to William fourth Earl of Sutherland, brother-in-law to David II. Suffice it to say that Dunottar was made the 'Sted of warranty' for the Mearns, in the time of King William the Lion, and that the castle was the principal residence of the Keith Marischals down nearly to the Restoration. It does not appear that during the possession of the Keiths any very remarkable occurrence took place at Dunottar, if we except the siege it underwent in the time of the Commonwealth, and when, at a later date, it was made the prison of the Covenanters. In the spring of 1689, after William and Mary had ascended the throne, and after it became known that James VII was to make an attempt for the Crown, Dunottar Castle was one of the places which Parliament ordered to be fortified. Was garrisoned by sixty men, and George eighth Earl Marischall, was appointed Captain. It was about this time that Captain Slezer made his drawing of the Castle. The buildings appear to have been then wholly roofed and entire, and a banner is represented upon a Staff on the donjon, or Square tower - a part of the castle which, fable says existed in the time of Sir William Wallace. This is clearly the oldest portion of the ruins, and as the style of the architecture corresponds with that of the times of Kings Robert II., and III., it is probably part of the castle, for the building of which we have already seen, Sir William Keith was excommunicated by the Bishop of St Andrews". (See St Bridget's Church) (Memorials of Angus and Mearns P. [Page] 443-5) "In 1336 when King Edward's Army was triumphant in the north, Sir Thomas Roscelyn an English Knight, landed at Dunnottar a body of troops, with which he marched to Aberdeen, where he was slain in a conflict with the citizens of Aberdeen and partisans of Bruce who were defeated. Edward had appointed Roscelyn governor of Dunnottar Castle [continued on page 55] |
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[page] 54Parish of Dunnottar.
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