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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Castle of Dores or Durris | The Castle of Dores stood on the South bank of the Dee, upon a rising ground, or rather a conical hill, which in Gaelic would be written and pronounced Torr, hence probably the real origin of the name of the parish or district. The site is about 12 miles South west of the City of Aberdeen, the place to which King Edward next repaired, and little more than the same distance north east of the castle of Glenbervy. In going from Glenbervy to Durris, Edward crossed by the mountains of that parish, through a swampy pass, dreary even at this day, called the Cryne Corse, and alighted upon the castle of Dores or Durris as a "manour in the Downes, amange the mountayns", b, Downes being either a misnomer, or discriptive of the flat aspect of the country in the neighbourhood of the castle compared with that through which the royal party had been travelling some days previously. By the route just named King Edward had passed the Stone House of Mergie, crossed the Black Burn and water of Cowy at pretty romantic Spots, and on ascending the hill of Cairnmonearn, would be in view of the Sea, and the ancient town of Aberdeen. In the Swamp on the east, and almost at his feet, lay a trackless wild traversed now-a-days by the Slug Road. One of the places on Edward's route through these mountains is called Eshintille Regis, c, to distinguish it from another Eshintille which belonged to a Subject. It is said that James V. travelled there incognito, and from the kindness Shewn him by a person named Hog, the farmer of Blairydryne, the Earl Marischal, who had a proprietary interest in Dores, gifted that farm to Hog. The family of Hog have long since died out, but the name is still preserved in the district by a charity which was left by a parishoner so called for educational and other purposes, - among which was a payment to the cattle herds on the hill of Cairnshee, upon which he himself had tended sheep and cattle, for the purpose of raising a Midsummer fire. e. The site of the Castle of Dores, which the agricultural improvements of the present century has greatly reduced in size, appears to have been moated in old times, and the castle itself was burnt by the Marquis of Montrose, but no record or tradition of it remains in the district, except the Significant name of the "Castlehill". It was [Continued on page 16] b. Bannatyne Miscell. .1. 278. c. Acta Parl VII. [7] 591. e. New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] 177. |
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| Cryne Corse Road | In going from Glenbervy to Durris, Edward crossed by the mountains of that parish, through a swampy pass, dreary even at this day, called the Cryne Corse, | |||
| Eshintille Regis | One of the places on Edward's route through these mountains is called Eshintille Regis, c, to distinguish it from another Eshintille which belonged to a Subject. It is said that James V. travelled there incognito, and from the kindness Shewn him by a person named Hog, the farmer of Blairydryne, the Earl Marischal, who had a proprietary interest in Dores, gifted that farm to Hog. c. Acta Parl VII [7]. 591 |
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| Eshintille | One of the places on Edward's route through these mountains is called Eshintille Regis, c, to distinguish it from another Eshintille which belonged to a Subject. It is said that James V. travelled there incognito, and from the kindness Shewn him by a person named Hog, the farmer of Blairydryne, the Earl Marischal, who had a proprietary interest in Dores, gifted that farm to Hog. c. Acta Parl VII. [7] 591. |
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| Cairnshee | The family of Hog have long since died out, but the name is still preserved in the district by a charity which was left by a parishoner so called for educational and other purposes, - among which was a payment to the cattle herds on the hill of Cairnshee, upon which he himself had tended sheep and cattle, for the purpose of raising a Midsummer fire. e. e. New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] 177. |
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| Castlehill | The site of the Castle of Dores, which the agricultural improvements of the present century has greatly reduced in size, appears to have been moated in old times, and the castle itself was burnt by the Marquis of Montrose, but no record or tradition of it remains in the district, except the Significant name of the "Castlehill". |
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Parish of Durris
Cryne Corse Road [note]:
"Crine, Cryne. To Shrivel. To diminish
money by clipping it, To wither."
"Cors, Corse. The cross or Road. A crucifix.
The name sometimes given to a piece of
Silver money, from its bearing the figure of
the Cross. The designation of the Signal
formerly sent round for convening the in-
habitants." - (Jamieson)
See "Fiery Cross" in
Scott's "Lady of the Lake" [Initialled] B.R.
Ordnance Survey - Kincardine county, OS Name Books - Kincardine county - Volume 7 - Parish of Durris, OS1/19/7
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Durris.
Ordnance Survey - Kincardine 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 Kincardine, which is in the north east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.