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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site of MACDUFF'S CASTLE | Macduff's Castle (site of) Macduff's Castle (site of) Macduff's Castle (site of) Macduff's Castle (site of) |
James Edmonstone William Smith Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Duncan Abdie Mr. John Duncan Denmill |
009 | [situation] At the east side of the village of Lindores. The site of a Castle in one of the gardens of Lindores Village, the last remains of the walls of it were removed for building purposes in the year 1829 by the first named authority. the date of its erection is not known, but it is said to have been built and occupied by Macduff Thane of Fife in the reign of Malcolm Canmore. There is a local tradition to the effect that one or two of his children with a servant were accidentally drowned in an adjoining loch, Called to this day the [Childers - deleted] Siller Loch it is also said that Lindores Loch the above named Loch the Dog Loch and Bowstard Loch were artificially connected by a deep cutting with floodgates on it for a fortification round this Castle. There is no remains of this cutting nor can its site be pointed out. |
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8 Parish of Abdie Plan 9B Trace 1"In the village of Lindores there are the vestiges of an ancient Castle said to have belonged to Duncan Macduff first Thane or Earl of Fife which is rendered extremely probable from the circumstance that the pedestal of his cross the badge of his family is still to be seen about a mile to the westward. Sir James Balfour in his annals speaks of a battle that was fought between the Scots under Wallace and the English in June Anno [Year] 1300 near the Castle of Lindores in which 3000 of the latter were killed and 500 taken prisoners. This Castle of Lindores is also mentioned in the history of Wallace as the place to which that hero and his companions retired after the battle." Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Fife 1845
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