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Ordnance Survey - Angus county, OS Name Books - Forfar (Angus) county - Volume 73 - Parish of Murroes, OS1/14/73

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[continued from page 25B]

and among other places visited by them, Lindsay
of Pitscottie mentions this Castle of Powrie, at
that time called Wester Powrie to distinguish
it from the Castle of Easter Powrie , now
called Wedderburne"

New Stat [Statistical] Account
Page 593

The only memorials of the feudal times are the
remains of three old Castles, which, however,
present no remarkable peculiarities either in
structure or situation. Powrie is the property
and was long the residence, of the ancient
family of Fothringham

Ordnance Survey - Angus county, OS Name Books - Forfar (Angus) county - Volume 73 - Parish of Murroes, OS1/14/73

This volume contains information on place names found in the Forfarshire parish of Murroes.

Ordnance Survey - Angus county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Angus, which is in the east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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