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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Site of CASTLE [Sir David Blair's Monument on] | Sir David Baird's Monument [continued] "this stronghold of the Earls of Strathearn was burnt down, and some noble ladies confined in it punished in the flames. The burning of the castle seems certain, but who these sufferers were is a question of more difficult solution. There appears some ground to believe that one of them may have been Joanna, the daughter of Malise, Earl of Strathearn, and of the Princess of the Orkneys, and the wife of the Earl of Warrenne. Our old historians inform us, that this lady having, with many others, been guilty of treasonable practices against King Robert I. was, by the Black Parliament held at Scone, August 1320 condemned to perpetual imprisonment; and it has been conjectured, not without probability, that the dungeon keep on Tom-a-Chastel was the scene of her durance and miserable death. The tradition of this country favours this supposition; and remains lately found among the ruins on the Castle hill seem to corroborate it." "In 1831,when preparations were making for the erection of Sir David Baird's Monument on the site of the old castle, the workmen discovered the remains of an extensive edifice intermixed with a blackish mound, in which human bones frequently occurred, with stirrups, buckles, and other decayed fragments of ancient armour. In the old dungeon keep were found a quantity of black earth, apparently the debris of animal matter, a bracelet, a considerable portion of charcoal, and some human bones. When the traditions of the district are viewed in connection with these facts,it appears probable that Tom-a Chastel was not only the scene where the Earls of Strathearn dwelt in the season of their prosperity and power, but also the spot where the last of their race, the noble but worthless Joanna, the wife of De Warrenne, expiated her treacherous practices against her King and country, and ended her unhappy days amid the burning ruins of the castle of her ancestors." Statistical Account |
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