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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
DOUNE OF RELUGAS Doune of Relugas (Local Spelling) Major C. Bruce of Dunphail
George R. Smith Esq Relugas
Benjamine Robertson. Ardoch
015.15 " Doune of Relugas" was originally one of those fortified retreats peculiar to this part of the Province of Moray. Situated on a conical hill of considerable height defended by the River Divie on the South and east and encircled by a deep Ditch on the North and west part of which has bee entirely defaced by the creation of Relugas house it is considered of great antiquity and Strength and to have been a place where the inhabitants of the county retired with their cattle upon the invasion of the Danes.

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