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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAIDEN CASTLE | Maiden Castle Maiden Castle Maiden Castle Maiden Castle Maiden Castle |
Estate Map Mr F Howden Factor O T Bruce Esqr Old Stat Acct. [Statistical Account] Full. [Fullerton's] Gazetteer |
016 | [Situation] 1½ Miles N.W. [North West] of Easter Glasslie An extensive Mound appearingly Artificial on the south side of the Green Hill, having a ditch, nearly surrounding it its length is about 8 chains and greatest width about 5, the height is about 30 feet and is level with the Surface at the S.S.E. [South South East] end, there is a mound of a smaller nature immediately North of it, having the appearance of an Artificial erection, and probably connected with it in the age, in which it was used as a stronghold, tradition states that the females of the Surrounding Country were placed here for protection during the ravages of the Danes, while Some few are of opinion that it was never taken by the enemy hence the name, be that as it may there is little doubt that it was a stronghold of importance in the early ages |
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Plan 16D Trace 2 Parish of Falkland
"Maiden Castle, on the estate of Nuthill. It is oblong circular mound, gradually rising from a level on the east, to a Steep and Abrupt termination on the west, of nearly 400 yards in circumference, and, except the steep part of on the west, and the level on the east, where are the remaining of a Stone wall, is surrounded with a ditch of 12 feet wide." Old Stat, Acct [Statistical Account]
"Maiden Castle, It occupies an oval hill, and is 400 yards in circumference. The ditch runs round the base of it, and the earth is thrown outwards owing to the steepness of the ground: the scarp being in some places 20 feet high, and along the northern brow of the hill there are traces of huts having been excavated." Full. [Fullerton's] Gazetteer,
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 29 - Parishes of Falkland, Leslie, Portmoak and Strathmiglo, OS1/13/29
This volume contains information on the place names found in the parishes of Falkland, Leslie, Portmoak, and Strathmiglo.
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties
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