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INDEX
Names of Objects -- Pages
Dalmeny Parish -- 4
Barren Craig -- 18
Craigend Park -- 21
Craigend -- 23
Dundas Mains -- 3
Dundas Castle -- 6
Dundas Castle [German Script] -- 6
Dundas Hill -- 24
Fountain & Dial 1623 -- 9
Great Park -- 13
Hill Park -- 13
Lily Loch -- 23
Moat Knowe -- 11
Moat (Site of) -- 11
Milton -- 26
Newbigging -- 16
North Lodge -- 21
Paragon Works (machine works) -- 4
Rock Walk -- 24
Stone Coffins, or Kistvaens, -- 11
Site of Chapel -- 14
The Policy -- 13
Westfield -- 29 |
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DUNDAS MAINS |
Dundas Mains
Dundas Mains
Mains |
James Dundas Esq. of Dundas Castle
Mr. Roberts Carpenter Dundas Castle
Forrest's Co. [County] Map 1817 |
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[situation] About 3/8 mile WNW. [West North West] of Dundas Castle.
A number of cottages one story high and slated with small gardens attached, and occupied by agricultural labourers and mechanics - and the property of James Dundas Esq. of Dundas Castle. |
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DALMENY PARISH |
Parish of Dalmeny |
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Ph [Parish] of Dalmeny -- Sheet 6 No.4 -- Trace 1 |
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PARAGON WORKS |
Paragon Works
Paragon Works |
James Dundas Esqr. Proprietor
Mr. Thomson Echline |
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[situation] About 8 chains NW. [North West] of Dundas Castle.
An extensive iron manufactory for making engines, printing machines. etc. carried on by the Proprietor. James Dundas Esqr. of Dundas Castle - there are about 18 Mechanics employed under the immediate superintendence of the proprietor. |
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Ph [Parish] of Dalmeny -- Sheet 6 No. 4 -- Trace 2 |
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DUNDAS CASTLE |
Dundas Castle
Dundas Castle
Dundas Castle
Dundas Castle |
James Dundas Esqr. of Dundas Castle
Forrest's Co. [County] Map 1817
Fyfes Life on Land & Water at Queensferry
Charles Dundas Esqr. |
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[situation] In the SW [South West] end of the parish of Dalmeny
A large and very handsome mansion, Situated on the N.E. [North East] Side of a conspicuous hill in the vicinity of Queensferry, and said to be one of the most eligant Specimens of the Tudor Gothic to be met with in Scotland - it is surrounded by an extensive demesne, thickly wooded - Immediately adjoining the new Mansion, stands the feudal fortress of Dundas Castle, one of the most perfect specimens of the old Scottish Stronghold now existing in the Country. The walls of this fortress bear evidence of being at least 14 feet thick - The kitchen is arched over, so is also the dungon keep.
A dark. winding stair leads from the bottom of the Dungon Keep to the old baronial kitchen - originally the Castle consisted only of a single square tower - The whole is in good preservation. In the rear of the Mansion there is a fountain & dial of the most remarkable Structure, and elegance of design erected in 1623. by Sir Walter Dundas. |
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DUNDAS CASTLE |
Dundas Castle
Dundas Castle
Dundas Castle
Dundas Castle |
James Dundas Esqr. of Dundas Castle
Forrest's Co. [County] Map 1817
Fyfes Life on Land & Water at Queensferry
Charles Dundas Esqr. |
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Immediately adjoining the new Mansion, stands the feudal fortress of Dundas Castle, one of the most perfect specimens of the old Scottish Stronghold now existing in the Country. The walls of this fortress bear evidence of being at least 14 feet thick - The kitchen is arched over, so is also the dungon keep.
A dark. winding stair leads from the bottom of the Dungon Keep to the old baronial kitchen - originally the Castle consisted only of a single square tower - The whole is in good preservation. In the rear of the Mansion there is a fountain & dial of the most remarkable Structure, and elegance of design erected in 1623. by Sir Walter Dundas. |
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Ph [Parish] of Dalmeny -- Sheet 6 No.4 -- Trace 2
[Note] -- The authorities being quoted call the old castle the same name
viz. "Dundas Castle". Enquiry has been
made to ascertain the date of the old
building but there is no certainty
as to the date of its erection.
Therefore "Dundas Castle" to be
written in German Text so
as to apply to the old building
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Parish of Dalmeny
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"Among the antiquities of this parish the ancient Castle of Dundas is entitled to a prominent place
It stands in conjunction with the modern mansion on the brow of a craggy hill of that name which
signifies "the hill of fallow deer" and from which numerous bones of deer and others of large dimensions
have been dug up. Its precise age cannot now be ascertained though it is supposed to have stood
since the beginning of the eleventh century. Several additions were made to it about 1416 when it
was turned into a fortalice by a warrant from Robert Duke of Albany and by a subsequent one from
James I in 1424. Its walls which are very massive were at that time raised to the height of 75 feet. Its
apartments are all arched and a circular stair leads to the top which is flat and surrounded by a battlement
from which the view is magnificient. Immediately under the north front of the present Castle there still
stands a stone fountain of most curious workmanship which originally occupied the centre of a parterre
enclosed with wall of of hewn Stone 12 feet high and of vast thickness with flights of stairs in the middle
and a banquetting house at each corner. This fountain which was supplied by water brought in
pipes from a distance is ornamented with numerous figures cut in the stone and bears on its sides
a long inscription in rather doggerel Latin, divided into stanzas setting forth that the purpose for
which it was erected by Sir Walter Dundas in the year of man's redemption 1623 and 61st of his age
was to perpetuate his own memory to be an ornament to his country and family - a gratification to his
friends and a terror to Spoilers and depredators, and that the parched garden might be moistened
with the water of the fountain. Tradition relates that the cause of this expensive work was his
disappointment at the loss of the barony of Barnbougle for the purchase of which he collected a [Continued on page 8] |
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large sum of money when it fell into the hands of the Earl of Haddington. The expense of it was
so enormous as to involve him in difficulties from which he never recovered. Whilst it was in the course
of erection it is said that he delighted so much in the noise of hewing at the stones that in a fit of
sickness which confined him to his bed he ordered the masons to perform that operation in his antichamber"
-- Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Linlithgowshire 1843 page 100,
Dundas as the family is old must have had a castle of equal antiquity -- Chalmers Caledonia vol [volume] 2 p. [page] 859 |
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FOUNTAIN & DIAL 1625 (DISUSED) |
Dial Fountain
Fountain & Dial
Fountain & Dial |
Life on Land & Water at Queensferry by W.W. Fyfe
Charles Dundas Esqr. Dundas Castle
James Mar Dundas Mains |
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[Situation] About 90 links north of Dundas Castle.
A Stone fountain of the most exquisite workmanship decorated all round with Sculptured devices and inscription. The following account and description of this object from W.W. Fyfe's, Life on Land & Water at South Queensferry "Sir Walter Dundas had accumulated in 1623 a sum which have sufficed for the purchase of the superb property of Barnbougle. It passed however at that time into the hands of the Earl of Haddington and Sir Walter immediately expended the money in the construction of a fountain of the most remarkable structure and elegance of design which still graces the lawn in rear of the mansion. It is built of finely Carved stones now Slightly Covered with small ferns and lichens but not one disjointed or displaced and its compartments are sculptured round and round with a Latin inscription. The dialling by which this fountain is surmounted we immediately recognised as identical with the lost art so profusely exhibitted in the works of the monks as preserved in the superbly carved dials of Colonel Belshes' grounds at Invermay where hearts hemisphereses or any other hallow figures are made to indicate the Solar hours exactly as on a common disk" |
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[Note] -- Mr Dundas in not at home at present; his brother
Charles Dundas Esq. says that Fountain & Dial is the correct designation,
It has no local name. It is sometimes called "Dundas Font"
and "The Dial", He recommends, "Fountain and Dial",
as the proper designation. It is a Fountain
surmounted by a sundial both are now disused. -- (Signed) M. Duggan C. Asst [Civilian Assistant] |
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"with an ordinary gnomen. Here it is the same and the thought struck us whether since it was this very
Sir Walter to whom the Carmelite Friars' Church and property were gifted back at the dissolution of that
religious house he might not have harboured and employed the brethren in this ingenious piece of work", etc. etc.
The following is a free translation of the Latin inscription. "Sir Walter Dundas in the year of our Lord
1623 and 61st of his own age erected and adorned as an ornament of his Country and family Sacred to the memory
of himself and as a future memorial of his posterity as also an amusing recreation for friends, guests, and visi [visitors]
this fountain in the form of a Castle, this dial with its retinue of goddesses and this garden with its building [buildings]
walls and quadrangular walks surrounded with stones piled on high rocks having been all sides deeply cut ou [out]
which inconveniently covered the ground. Whoseoever thou art who comest hither we so many
half-fiendish spectres are placed here lately by order expressly for bugbears to the bad so that the hideous show
their visages lest any meddling evil disposed person should put forth his hand on the dial or garden.
We warn robbers to depart burglars to desist nothing here is prey for plunderers. For the pleasure &.
enjoyment of spectators are all placed here but we who rather laugh with joyous front to the free
sight we bid frankly the Kind and welcome friends of the host. Boldly use every freedom with
the master, the dial, the garden and with the garden-beds and couches - him for friendship and
conversation them for recreation of the the mind and thought, with ordinary things to content is here is to
be even with others - We envy not their better things," |
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MOAT KNOWE |
Moat Knowe
Moat Knowe
Moat Knowe |
James Dundas Esq
Charles Dundas Esq
Robert Bishop |
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[Situation] About 5 chains NE. [North East] of Dundas Castle
A Small Knowe on the N.E [North East] side of Dundas Castle. - On the S [South] West side of this Knoll stood an Ancient Moat which was removed by the present Proprietor about 1825; the site of which was pointed out to us by him, and also by R. Bishop, who assisted at its removal. At the same time were discovered Several Kistvaens or Stone Coffins a Short distance N.W. [North West] from the "Moat", which were only a few feet below the Surface |
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MOAT (Site of ) |
Site of Moat
Site of Moat
Site of Moat |
James Dundas Esq.
Charles Dundas Esq.
Robert Bishop |
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[Situation] About 3 chains NE. [North East] of Dundas Castle. -
A Small Knowe on the N.E [North East] side of Dundas Castle. - On the S [South] West side of this Knoll stood an Ancient Moat which was removed by the present Proprietor about 1825; the site of which was pointed out to us by him, and also by R. Bishop, who assisted at its removal. At the same time were discovered Several Kistvaens or Stone Coffins a Short distance N.W. [North West] from the "Moat", which were only a few feet below the Surface |
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STONE COFFINS OR KISTVAENS (Found here in 1825) |
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At the same time were discovered Several Kistvaens or Stone Coffins a Short distance N.W. [North West] from the "Moat", which were only a few feet below the Surface |
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[Note] -- "Moat" to be written in Old English also "Stone Coffins or Kistvaens" |
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HILL PARK |
The Hill Park
The Hill Park
The Hill Park |
Estate Plan
Charles Dundas Esq.
Robert Bishop
Thomas Marr |
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[situation] From about 7 to 27 chains west of Dundas Castle.
A Park of Pasture land in the grounds attached to Dundas Castle; the property of James Dundas Esq. of Dundas |
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THE POLICY |
The Policy
The Policy
The Policy |
Estate Plan
Charles Dundas Esq.
Robert Bishop |
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[situation] Adjoining around Dundas Castle
A large Park of Pasture land with Scattered trees etc. Surrounding Dundas Castle; the Property of James Dundas Esq. of Dundas. |
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GREAT PARK |
The Great Park
The Great Park
The Great Park |
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Charles Dundas Esq.
Robert Bishop |
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[situation] From 1/8 mile to about 5/8 mile E. [East] of Dundas Castle
A large Park at the East side of "The Policy", in the grounds attached to Dundas Castle; the property of James Dundas Esq. |
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Site of CHAPEL |
Site of Chapel
Site of Chapel |
Robert Bishop South Lodge
Thomas Marr Foreman Dundas Mains |
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[situation] About 8 chains NW by W. [North West by West] of Dundas Castle.
This is pointed out to me as the Site of an Ancient Chapel in Connection with Dundas Castle.
There is none of the Walls now remaining. In Erecting the Kennel & Gamekeeper's Cottage there were removed some of the old Foundations of the Walls. The Kennel is built on the site; and a small portion of the adjacent Park still bears the name of Chapel Acre |
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NEWBIGGING |
Newbigging
Newbigging
Newbigging
Newbigging
Newbigging |
James Dundas Esqr. Dundas Castle
Mr. Dudgeon Tenant
Forrests Co. [County] Map
Estate & Farm Plans
Thomas Marr Dundas Mains |
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[situation] About 46 chains NE by E. [North East by East] of Dundas Castle.
A farm steading and a dwelling house with a number of Cottage dwellings. - the steading and houses are in good repair and slated, & is the property of James Dundas Esqr. of Dundas Castle. and tenanted by Robert Dudgeon farmer Almondhill |
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BARREN CRAIG |
Barren Craig
Barren Craig |
James Dundas Esqr. Dundas Castle
Mr. Hay Gardener Dundas Castle |
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[situation] About 36 chains WSW. [West South West] of Dundas Castle.
A small eminence the surface of which is rocks and mixed wo [wood] On the property of James Dundas Esqr. Dundas Castle. |
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Parish of Dalmeny -- Sheet 6 -- Plan 4 -- Trace 4 |
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NORTH LODGE |
North Lodge
North Lodge
North Lodge |
Charles Dundas Esqr.
Robert Bishop
Thomas Marr |
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[situation] About 54 chains E NE [East North East] of Dundas Castle.-
A Gate Lodge on the Queensferry & Kirkliston Road at the Northern Entrance leading to Dundas Castle. The property
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CRAIGEND PARK |
Craigend Park
Craigend Park |
Robert Bishop
Thomas Marr |
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[situation] From 18 to 43 Chains SSE [South South East] of Dundas Castle.
A narrow Park extending Southwards from "The Policy" to Craigend. James Dundas Esqr. of Dundas, Proprietor. |
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LILY LOCH |
Lily Loch
Lily Loch |
George Dudgeon Farmer Humbie
James Hay Gardener Dundas Castle |
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[situation] From about 25 S by W [South by West] to about 41 Chains S. by E. [South by East] of Dundas Castle
This has been a middling sized loch, some short time ago; but is now a marsh, and has been made so through draining. On the property of James Dundas Esqr. Dundas Castle. |
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CRAIGEND |
Craigend
Craigend
Craigend |
George Dudgeon Farmer Humbie
James Hay Gardener Dundas Castle
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[situation] About 43 chains and 46 SSE [South South East] of Dundas Castle.
Two rows of cottages one storey high, and in good repair; with gardens attached. Occupied by laborers. The property of James Dundas Esqr. Dundas Castle. |
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DUNDAS HILL |
Dundas Hill
Dundas Hill
Dundas Hill |
George Dudgeon Farmer Humbie
James Hay Gardener Dundas Castle
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[situation] Extending a considerable distance in a Southern, and western direction from Dundas Castle
A considerable eminence the surface of which is wood, rocks etc. The property of James Dundas Esqr. Dundas Castle. |
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ROCK WALK |
Rock Walk
Rock Walk |
George Dudgeon Farmer Humbie
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[situation] On the south Side of Dundas Hill.
A walk extending along the base of precipitous rock and situated on the South side of Dundas Hill. |
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MILTON |
Milton
Milton
Milton Hill |
William Thomson Farmer Milton
John Murry Farmer Craigbrae
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[situation] About 49 chains ESE. [East South East] of Dundas Castle.
A small farm house one story high, with offices and thrashing machine, all in good repair. There is a garden and a small arable farm attached. Tenanted by William Thomson. The property of James Dundas Esqr. of Dundas Castle. |
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WESTFIELD |
Westfield
Westfield
West Field |
Mr. Stevenson occupier
James Dundas Esqr. Dundas Castle
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[situation] In the weatern Corner of Dalmeny Parish.
A good farm house with suitable offices including thrashing mill worked by Steam power, also a row of cottages occupied by farm Servants. a garden and a good arable farm attached. Occupied by Mr. Stevenson. The property of James Dundas Esqr. of Dundas Castle. |
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Parish of Dalmeny -- Sheet 6 No.3 -- Trace 3
[signed] James Carpenter C. Asst. [Civilian Assistant] 10th. April 1855 -- [signed] R.D. Kerr Capt RE [Captain, Royal Engineers] 4 June 1855 |
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Co. [COUNTY] LINLITHGOW
SHEET 6. No. 3. & 4.
Parish of
DALMENY.
[stamped] ORDNANCE SURVEY M.S. [MANUSCRIPT] STORE -- 20 MAY 95 -- [SOUTHAMPTON] |
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