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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Kincardine Castle | [Continued from page 187] Archer's 3 and the Palfreyman's Croft. These names it will be seen differ from the Duray, Bakehouse, Brewhouse, Gardener's Hen and other Crofts, which are common in the vicinity of baronial establishments, (but which are also to be found at Kincardine), and as the greater part of those places are described as marching with lands belonging to some of the more ancient and potent lords of the Mearns, these may have filled certain Offices in connection with the Court as indicated by the different names. The Castle was picturesquely situated upon a natural hillock in the gorge or opening of the valley descending from the Cairn-o-Mount, and on the west side of the parish of Fordoun. Three sides of the castle were inhabited, and the chief entrance was on the South-East between two round towers, with another gate on the west. The sides of the great fire place of the hall were not long ago, entire, and the lower steps of a Staircase leading to an upper flat. No part of the ruin stands more than five or six feet high, and the whole structure measures about 130 feet square there was also a narrow entrance on the South, on each side of which were two apartments the one about 14 by 50 feet in size and the other 14 by 35 feet. Two apartments on the east size measure respectively 22 feet by 60 feet and 22 by 14 feet, the door to the first being quite visible. Record and tradition are alike silent as to the time the castle became ruinous. It was probably during the Wars of the independence, after which it may have never been rebuilt, for subsequently to King Edward's visit in 1296, all history is silent regarding it. It was one of the national fortresses of which he had seisin prior to the settlement of the disputed monarchy, and was governed for him by a person named John of Gildeford. Edward I visited "King Carden" on the 11th or as some say the 12th day of July in the above named year. It was his first stage after leaving Montrose, a distance of upwards of thirteen miles, and is described in the Diary 4 [continued on page 187] |
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[Page] 186The Parks here mentioned, are not known, as the en-Closures of them are all destroyed. B.R. [B. Render]
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