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| Kincardine Castle (Continued) | [continued from page 191] "Kenneth III seems to have borne his faculties with much meekness. While he suppressed an insurrection in the Merns , which was not remarkable for habits of quiet, he put to death the only Son of Finella, the wife of the Maormor of the Merns, and the daughter of Cunechal the Maormar of Angus. Finella's Son appears to have fallen by a stroke of justice, but Finella's revenge was implacable, and restless for its gratification. Kenneth, either in pursuit of the chase, or in pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Paddy at Fordoun, was induced to lodge in the Castle of the revengeful Finella, near Fettercairn. This artful woman, was at no loss for the Means to obtain her long looked for end. She fled, but justice found her retreat, and punished her crime. Tigermach has recorded the assassination of Kenneth. This King's piety or remorse appear to have given Brechin to the Church. By his liberality to the clergy, the guilty King may have endeavoured to allay the torments of a mind, which was conscious of terrible crimes, his death happened in 994 A.D. after an active, able and guilty, reign of four and twenty Years." "Oggia 487, and the Ulster Annals state the same event under the year 994, and the Chron. Elegiacum [Chronicon Elegiacum] concurs in the time, the place, and circumstances of Kenneth's violent death." (Chalmer's Caledonia Vol [Volume] 1 P. [Pages] 395-6) The remains of the Castle or Palace Consists of the exterior Walls, with some of the interior which appear to have formed rooms.The exterior walls are about Six feet high and eight feet thick, the interior are about 3 feet high and 3 feet thick. They are all surrounded with loose Stones, rubbish &c. and are partly grown over with grass. The two Towers at the South or Main entrance appears to have been rectangular as shewn on trace, but they are so much covered with grass and rubbish at the base that it is difficult to get their proper Shape. The large open space at the west side appears to have been the Court yard. There are no remains of a Moat or Ditch to be seen. The Castle is surrounded by a small Plantation. It is on the Fettercairn Estate, the property of Sir John Stuart Forbes Bart [Baronet], Fettercairn House. [Signed] B. Render Corpl R.E. [Corporal, Royal Engineers] 15th August 1863. |
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