Volume contents
- 1 - Mortlach , page 1 (start)
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- 247 - Mortlach , title page
- 248 - Mortlach , index
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALVENIE CASTLE (In Ruins) | Balvenie Castle | Continued | [continued from page 60] "Balvenie Castle is another very magnificent structure. It is placed on a beautiful eminence on the banks of Fiddich likewise, a little below its confluence with the Dullan and has a variety of charming scenery in its view. Tradition calls the oldest part of it, for it has evidently been built at different times, a Pictish town. In days of old, it successively owned as its masters the Cummings, the Douglasses, and the Stewarts; and, after them, passing through several other families in the 16th and 17th centuries it became the property of Duff of Braes, about the year 1687, and is now the Earl of Fifes. In the 1446 there was a Lord Balveny of the name of Douglas. In the front, and high over its iron and massy gate, which still remains, is a motto of the Stewarts, Earls of Athol, descriptive of the savage valour and unhappy circumstances of the times. Fvrth. Fortvin. and Fill. The. Fattris. The situations of both these ancient fortalices are well chosen in defence. They have also had their walls, their ditches, and their ramparts, and have been strongly fortified by art". Old Statistical Accounts. |
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Co. [County] of Banff -- Ph [Parish] of Mortlach
Ordnance Survey - Banff county, OS Name Books - Banff county - Volume 23 - Parish of Mortlach, OS1/4/23
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Mortlach.
Ordnance Survey - Banff 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 Banff, which is in the north east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.