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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIR ROBERT'S STABLES | Sir Robert's Stables | Robert Walker Esqr Factor Revd. [Reverend] James Weir Manse Drainie Mr McDonald Schoolmaster Drainie |
002.10 | This name applies to a cave situated about one hundred feet above the high water mark in the Centre of a half Circle of perpendicular cliffs. It has a regular built entrance with a square lookout hole on the Eastern Side and one above the doorway the Cave runs about thirty feet backwards and Gets Narrower and lower as it recedes it is about fourteen feet wide at the entrance by about twelve high and has a rude stone bench Cut out of the solid rock on the western side. Sir Robert Gordon son of Sir Robert the Wizard Concealed his horse in it during the rebellion of 1746 from which cause it is still Called Sir Roberts Stables It is on the Property of Sir William Gordon Cumming of Altyre Ho [House] by Forres |
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