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| Site of Hurly Hawkin (Continued) | [continued from page 26] "Hurly Hawkin - The site of a Castle said to have been built by Alexander I. King of Scotland and known by the name of Hurly Hawkin may be easily traced in an enclosure opposite the churchyard of Liff to the west. It is a projecting point or tongue of land. The apex or point and two of the sides are surrounded by a deep ravine. There is no access but from the north on which side there might have been a ditch or fosse though all traces of it and even of any building on the spot are almost obliterated. The following particulars are stated in the former Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] as connected with the above mentioned fact: "Alexander according to the custom of those days having a donation made him at his Baptism by the Earl of Gowrie his god father of the lands of Liff and Invergowrie no sooner succeeded to the throne than he began to erect this palace as Fordun calls it. He was not however long permitted to remain in it without being disturbed. Some of his followers or attendants from Mearns having joined in a conspiracy to seize on his person the plot was discovered in the moment when they were endeavouring to force the doors of the palace in the night; and the King assisted by his chamberlain, Alexander Carron the son of that Carron whom Malcolm III. had distinguished by the surname of Scrimgeour and preferred to the office of carrying the royal standard happily effected his escape. Embarking then at Invergowrie he directed his course to the southern parts of the Kingdom where he raised a great force in order to repel and punish this insurrection. But before proceeding in his expedition he founded as a tribute of gratitude to God for the late deliverance and protection he had experienced, the Church of the Monastery of Scoon and made over to that Church, in dotem et Glebam, the lands of Liff and Invergowrie formerly assigned to him as a present by the Earl of Gowrie" vide Fordoun's Scot. Chron [Scottish Chronicle], Also Buchan." New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Forfarshire pp. [pages] 580-581 |
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