Feugh. It takes its rise in The Forest of Birse, and, after a long tract thro' the hills, running due east, waters that part of the parish, and is joined by another water, called Avin, a little above a house called Whitestone, which is the east boundary of the parish of Birse. Betwixt that and the kirk of Strachan, it is joined by another water, called Dye; and, after running thro' the parish of Strachan to the east, it falls into the river Dee, at the kirk of Banchory Ternan. This division of the parish of Birse, as it lies south-east from the kirk, is commonly called The East Side of the Hill. In this division is Finzean, about three-fourths of a mile south-west from Midstrath, the seat of Francis Farquharson, esquire. Half a mile south from Finzean, is Westercleen, on the south side of the water of Feugh; and half a mile east from Westercleen, is Eastercleen, on the same side of the water; and a mile from Finzean, due east, on

2

erect, but now broken down. At a small distance from this spot are two cairns, one very large, and in form oblong: they are now covered by the woods of Finzean. On the top of the hill named Cairn Ferg, there is a large cairn, of a conical shape. In various places there are several huge stones lying above the ground: a few, near Inchbair, seem to have been a Druidical temple." (The Statistical Account of Scotland, vol. ix., pp. 126, 127.)]

1 ["To the north-east of Finzean is a hill called The Gallow Hill. Another is near to Ballogie, formerly named Tillysnaught." (The Statistical Account of Scotland, vol. ix., p. 129.)]

2 ["At Easter Clune there are the small remains of a square tower, said to have been built by Archbishop Ross, who was proprietor of the place." (The Statistical Account of Scotland, vol. ix., p. 127.) See above, p. 43, note. "An imperfect ruin stands near Easter Clune, beside which had also existed formerly an Episcopal place of worship, and a small burying ground." (The New Statistical Account of Scotland, number xxxix., p. 792.)

"Besides Archbishop Ross, to whom the tower of Easter Clune belonged, and who was a native of Birse, the parish has given birth to some others, whose names deserve to be mentioned. Dr. Alexander Garden, a late of Charlestown, South Carolina, eminent for his skill as a physician, caused a monument, with an inscription in Latin, to be erected in front of the church here, to the memory of Mr. Alexander Garden, his father, who was upwards of fifty years minister of this parish. The famous George Rose, esquire, of the Treasury, is grandson to the late Donald Rose of Wester Clune. Captain David Ochterlounie, [of the family of Tillyfrosky,] mortally wounded and taken prisoner at the first attack on Quebec, was so much the favourite of General Wolfe, that he sent to the town to the Marquis de Montcalm, desiring that particular care should be taken of him." (The Statistical Account of Scotland, vol. ix., pp. 127, 128.) "To these may be added, the

a [Born, A.D. 1729; died, A.D. 1791. He corresponded with Linnaeus. See Professor Macgillivray's Lives of Eminent Zoologists, pp. 349-354. Edinb. 1834. 8vo.]

the north side of the water of Feugh, is Tillyfroskie. All these places are now the property of the laird of Finzean.

At the forementioned place of Whitestone, there is a fine bridge built over the river Feugh, consisting of five stone arches. This bridge is on the King's highway from Inverness to Edinburgh, leading thro' The Cairn of Mounth, and was built by a mortification left by the reverend Mr. Gilbert Ramsay; who also left a mortification of twenty-five pounds sterling per annum, to be distributed among the poor of the parish, at the oversight of the minister, elders, and heretors of the parish; and a donation of twenty-five pounds sterling per annum, to maintain a charity school, at which he ordains the poor of the parish to be taught reading, writing, arithmetic, and Latin, gratis; and for that purpose there is a house built, about the size of a country minister's manse, at a place called Bankhead, near to the Place of Finzean.

The decreit anent the bailyery of The Birse pertening to my Lord of Abirdene1 (A.D. 1490.)

In presens of the lordis auditouris [ xvij Februarij. m°. cccc lxxxix] comperit William bischop of Abirdene and protestit that nochtwithtstanding he grantit to the delaying of the summondis betuix him and Schyr Dauid Lindesay of Bewfurde knycht that it suld turne him to na preiudice anent the xiiij nolt quhilk the said Schyr David grantit he haid takin in presens of the lordis

In presens of the lordis auditouris [· xvijo · Februarij · mo · cccco lxxxix] comperit Schyr Dauid Lindesay of Bewfurde knycht and protestit that nochtwithtstanding he haid confessit xiiij nolt takin fra William bischop of Abirdenis tennentis of The Birse that it sulde turne him to

reverend John Skinner, [born A.D. 1721, died A.D. 1807,] grandfather of the present Bishop of Aberdeen, who was a native of Balfour, and who distinguished himself by various publications, and some celebrated Scotish songs." (The New Statistical Account of Scotland, number xxxix., p. 791.)]

"On Mount Ganiach there is a well, called Saint Com's Well, probably in honour of the celebrated saint of Icolmkill." (The Statistical Account of Scotland, vol. ix., p. 108.)]

[See the Statistical Account of Scotland, vol. ix., pp. 119, 120, 123, 127; The New Statistical Account of Scotland, number xxxix., pp. 790, 792.]

2 [From the Acta Dominorum ad Causas et Querelas audiendas Electorum in Parliamentis Regum Scotorum, pp. 139, 141, unpublished.]

na preiudice anent his lauchfull exceptionis to be proponit contrare the summondis rasit betuix the said partiis and the witnes to be producit thairintill and all vtheris poyntis concerning the said summondis

In the actioune and cause persewit [ xviijo Februarii m° cccc0 lxxxix be a reuerend fader in God William bischop of Abirdene aganis Schyr Dauid Lindesay of Bewfurde knycht to bring witht him all lettrez and evidentis that he had anent the office of bailyery of The Birse and tuiching all clame thairto and to here and se thaim declarit of nain avale nor effect because thai ar gevin without solempnite of law and agane the vtilite and proffit of the kirk in heretage or lifrent as wes allegiit / And for the spoliatioun of xij oxin and viij ky • price of the pece of the oxin xxx schillingis price of the pece of the ky xxvj schillingis viij penneis furthe of his saidis landis of The Birse at his avne hande / And for the maisterfull spoliatoun of viij pundis vsuale money of Scotlande of the said reuerend faideris males fra the tennentis of the said landis be the space of thre yeris bipast or therby And alse apoun the wrangwis spoliatioun of xj oxen and thre ky price of the pece forsaid / And for costis and scathtis sustenit be him thairthrow extendin to je markis as wes allegiit Baith the saidis partiis beand personaly present it was allegiit be the said Schir Dauid that he tuk a parte of the said gudis be ressoune of his bailyery and a yerely pensioune aucht to him of the said landis of The Birse And be the said reuerend fader that the said gift of bailyery was contrare to the law quhare it wes maid to his faider and twa airis quhilk wes alienatioune and contrare to the law The ressounis richtis and allegationis of baith the saidis partiis at lenthe sene hard and vndirstandin / The lordis of consale and auditouris hafand full power of parliament as said is decrettis and deliueris that the said Schyr Dauid did wrang in the taking of the saidis gudis othir be ressoun of bailyery or pensioune because the said gift of the forsaid office of bailyery and pensioun wes gevin to his faider and twa airis quhilk is alienatioune in the kirk / and wes done without the solempnite and the confirmationis requirit apoun the law And because the said Schyr David tuk the said gudis be a pretendit gift of the said bailyery and office and as than vndeclarit the lordis therefore decrettis and deliueris that the said Schyr Dauid has committit na spuilye in the takin of the sammyn and sall be na crime to him because he

did it be a colourit richt as said is / And alse decrettis and deliueris that the said Schyr Dauid sall deliuer agane xiiij nolt to the said reuerend faider takin be him of the said landis of Birss of the quhilkis the quantite and valour wes deferrit to the aith of the said Schyr Dauid quhilk grantit the sammyn And at the said Schyr Dauid sall decist and cese of all intrometting and vseing off the said office of bailyery and taking of the said pensioun in tyme tocum And decernis and declaris the said lettrez maid to him vnder the Bischop of Abirdenis sele and the commoun sele of the sammyn sege of nane avale force nor effect in tyme tocum because thai wer gevin withtout solempnite and confirmatioun of law as said is

THE PARISHES OF GLENMUICK, TULLICH, AND
GLENGARDEN.1

DESCRIPTION OF THE PARISHES OF GLENMUICK, TULLICH, AND GLENGAIRN.

(A.D. M.DCC.XXXVI.)

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HESE three united parishes are situate in the shire, diocese, and commissariat of Aberdeen, and presbytery of Kincardin.

Glenmuick is so named from the water of Muick, which runs out of Loch Muick, (two miles long,) and, after a course of five miles, falls into the river Dee. The parish of Glenmuick lyes on the and consists of three

different vallies:

south side of Dee,

1. Glen-Muick itself, which lyes on each side of the impetuous river Muick, which runs down from the Grampian mountains from south-west to north-east ; and the highest inhabited room in it is The 'Spittal, six miles above the church. 2. Inchmarnach, three miles to the east from Glenmuick.

3. Atnach, a small valley possess'd by five family's.

The number of examinable persons in the above three united parishes is sixteen hundred and eleven; whereof three hundred and eighty-three are papists.

1 [See Collections for a History of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff, pp. 639, 640.]

2 [From Macfarlane's Geographical Collections for Scotland, MSS. Bibl. Adv.]

The kirk of Glenmuick is dedicate to the Blessed Virgin Mary; Tullich, to St. Nachlan 2; and Glen-garden, to St. Mungo, Bishop of Glasgow. 3

["The church of Glenmuick, a very old house, thatched with heath, seems to have been dedicated to the Virgin Mary, from an annual meeting of the inhabitants on Candlemas day. There are two ruins in this parish: the one, about a mile north-west of the church, called The Castle of the Cnoc, a Gaelic word signifying a hill, upon the top of which the ruin stands; the other, in the eastern extremity of the parish, called Dee Castle, formerly Candacoil." (The Statistical Account of Scotland, vol. xii., pp. 222, 224. Edinb. 1794.)]

2 ["The church of Tulloch is said to have been founded by St. Nethalan; and an annual meeting of the inhabitants is regularly kept on the eighth of January, in honour of his memory. It is termed the mother church. In the lower end of this parish, at the foot of the hill of Culblean, there is a beautiful lake, of about three miles in circumference, called Loch Cannor, containing several small islands, upon the largest of which there stood formerly a small fortress. The stones are now all cleared out; and the island, which measures near an acre, is under culture. The people, some years since, were in use to drag up large planks of oak from the bottom of the lake, between the island and the main land on the north side, evidently part of a drawbridge between the island and the shore. There is a stone set on its end on the north bank of the lake, fronting the island, with a great deal of carving upon it; but the figures are now unintelligible." (The Statistical Account of Scotland, vol. xii., pp. 224, 225.) See as to the Castle or Peel of Loch Cannor, Wyntownis Cronykil, book viii., cap. xxxi., ll. 101-106; J. Forduni Scotichronicon, lib. xiii., cap. xxxvi., vol. ii., p. 321. edit. Edinb. 1759. fol.; Extracta e Variis Cronicis Scocie, p. 169. Edinb. 1842. 4to.; H. Boethii Scot. Hist., lib. xv., f. 319, edit. 1575; G. Buchanani Rerum Scotic. Hist., lib. ix., cap. xxiii.; James Man's Censure and Examination of Mr. Thomas Ruddiman's Notes on the Works of Buchanan, p. 337. Aberdeen, 1753. 8vo.: "the inhabitants thereabouts call it Loch Keandor, in the south-west corner of Cromar; and I am told that the ruins of a castle, at which there was some action in the last century, are still to be seen in that loch, on the side of which there is a farm called Kean-ord, and hard by it another loch called Lochdawin, both about six miles from the castle of Kildrumie." In the spring of the year 1647, the army of the rebel Scotish parliament "tooke the Isle of Loghcannor, in Aboyn, which Huntley hade fortified." (Sir Robert Gordon's Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland, p. 537.)]

3 ["The church of Glengairn seems to have been dedicated to St. Mungo, from an annual meeting of the parishioners on the thirteenth of January." (The Statistical Account of Scotland, vol. xii., p. 226.)]

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