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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Cairn | Green Cairn Green Cairn Green Cairn |
Sir Thomas Gladstone Bart [Baronet] Mr James McDonald Inspector of Poor Archibald C Cameron (Schoolmaster) |
023.02 | "The vitrified Site of Green Cairn near Balbegno Castle is called Finella's Castle." (Land of the Lindsays.) "Others think that Finella's place of residence must have been about a mile and a half South-west from the Village of Fettercairn, where the remains of a large fortified place called Greencairn, are still visible, This is a mass of ruins on the top of a round eminence of about forty or fifty feet above the level of the adjoining grounds, What its origin was or when it ceased to be inhabited is unknown. But that it must have been a place of great strength, and must have been many ages uninhabitable, is evident from the portions of vitrified materials of which it was composed still remaining and from the entire State of desolation to which it is now reduced, notwithstanding the durable nature of that mode of Building." (New Stat Act. [Statistical Account]) "About three quarters of a mile besouth of Fettercairn Maitland mistakingly supposed that there had been a beautiful Roman Fort, But he merely mistook a British Strength for a Roman post. At my request this Fort at Balbegno was accurately examined in May 1798, by James Strachan, who inspecting it with unprejudiced eyes found it to be a vitrified fort of British construction. He says, it is situated about seven hundred yards west of Balmain and near a mile South-west from Fettercairn, it is of an oval form, and is surrounded by two ramparts. The outer rampart is built with [continued on page 61] |
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