491 XXII. ABERDEEN.-KINTORE.-INVERURY.-HUNTLY.-KEITH.— ON RIGHT FROM ABERD. From ૧૫૦૦,૪ From Aberd. ON LEFT FROM ABERD. ABERDEEN.* Cross the hill of Tyrebagger,i.e. Tirebeggar. KINTORE, Scott. 44 Craibstone, Mrs. Dr. 12 A borough of considerable 41 some The Bass, a conical mount of considerable elevation, said to be artificial. The river Ury runs close to it. Tradition says, the 411 pestilence was buried in it. Thomas the Rhymer has predicted: "Dee and Don shall run in one, And Tweed shall run in Tay, And the bonnie water of Ury Shall bear the Bass away." The first part of the prediction was fulfilled by the Inverury Canal. Pitcaple, Lumsden, Esq. Logie, Elphinstone, Bart. Pitmachie Inn. built in 1798. INVERURY. Pitcaple Inn. At some distance, on the opposite side of the Ury, the battle of Harlaw was fought. "July 24, St. James's even, Harlaw was fought fourteen hundred and eleven." 36 The Church of Oyne to the west 1 mile. 135 Newton, Gordon, Esq. 33 Williamston, Fraser, Esq. 31 Freefield, Gen. Leith. 30 Enter the Glens of Foudland, through which the road passes for some miles. 25 In stormy weather it is frequently shut up. Glasgow Forest, Mrs. Brebner. Benachie rises to the height of 1420 feet. On the east end is a remarkable rock, rising perpendicularly on three sides 180 feet, it is only accessible on one side; it has been fortified, tradition says, by the Picts. A borough of consider15 able antiquity. Here Rob ert Bruce gained a victory over the English. Here, in 1745, the rebels defeated a party of the King's troops. Maner, Gordon, Esq. Balquhain, Leslie, Esq. Pittodrie, Erskine. 21 cr. the Gadie. 22 "Oh an I were where Gadie Old castle of Harthill. At a distance may be seen the hill of Dunideer, i.e. Dun d'Ore; on the top of which are the ruins of an old castle, said to have been the palace of King Gregory the Great about 300. It has been surrounded by a double rampart. The walls, after encountering 1000 winters, are so hard that the smallest stone will break rather than be separated from the mass; large masses of vitrified stone are scattered over the level top of the hill, and marks of many buildings. Many years the residence of the last Duke of Gordon when Mar. of Huntly. A short way below the Deveron is joined by the Bogie, and afterwards by 49 the Isla, and after a course of 20 miles it falls into the Moray Firth at Banff. 57 *The Great North Road from Aberdeen to Inverness, at the distance of 3 miles from the former divided into two, one branch by Turriff, Banff, and Cullen, being 72 miles; the other by Kintore, Inverury, Huntly, and Keith, being 57 miles to Fochabers, where the roads again unite. The latter being the shortest line, is the mail coach road, and is now chiefly used by travellers. XXIII. ABERDEEN.-BANFF.-CULLEN.-ELGIN.-FORRES.-NAIRN.INVERNESS.-126 MILES. Craigston Castle, Urquhart, 91 On the left Montblairy, Mori 88 son, Esq. and Eden, Duff, Esq. cr. King Edward. 79 cr. Deveron River, and enter BANFF. New Kirk of Boyndie. Between Boyndie and Portsoy 75 are the ruins of Boyne Castle, Lord Seafield, once the finest seat in the North of Scotland, but destroyed in the civil war. Along this line of road the 70 Earls of Fife and Seafield, and the Duke of Richmond, are the chief proprietors. From Banff to Fochabers (26 miles) the road passes at no great distance from the seacoast. 65 33 Fyvie Castle is a princely looking building, beautifully situated on a small eminence in the centre of a large amphitheatre of fine grounds, skirted with woods on the heights around, and the river winding through the centre. Gask, Earl of Fife. Banff, the county town, is agreeably situated on the side of a hill at the mouth of the river Deveron. It was founded by Malcolm Canmore in 1163. There have been large addi47 tional piers built to the harbour here, but, owing to the sandy bottom, the bar is often much filled up. 50 On the left on entering the town is Duff House, the elegant mansion of the Earl of Fife. Durn Park, Gordon, Esq. 61 61 Letterfourie, Gordon, Bart. 65 Near village of Buckie. The royal burgh of Elgin is an old fashioned and impressive place. The remains of the Cathedral form the chief object of attraction in Elgin. It was founded in 1224 by the Bishop of Moray. The great tower fell 43 in 1711. The Cathedral, when entire, was exactly a model of Lichfield. Elgin has been much improved of late years by the erection of various public buildings. Fochabers vill. cr. Spey River, enter Morayshire. Urquhart vill. Kirk of St. Andrews. ELGIN Joins with Banff, Cullen, Inverary, Kintore, and Peterhead, in electing an M.P.;| population 4500. Birkenbog,Abercromby, Bart. Cullen House, Earl of Seafield, a large and venerable building. The grounds are fine. Cairnfield, Gordon, Esq. On the right from Aberdeen, and at the back of Fochabers, is Gordon Castle, Duke of Richmond; a magnificent mansion, erected by Alexander Duke of 78 Gordon, who died in 1827. The ancient seat of the family was 80 Huntly Castle, now in ruins; near it Huntly Lodge, Duchess 83 of Gordon. A little to the south of Forres, 86 and near the road, stands the remarkable obelisk, usually called Sweno's Stone; it is above 20 feet high; it has a number of figures cut on it, 88 which are still remarkably dis tinct. There are various traditions respecting it; one is, 91 that it was erected to commemorate the murder of King Duffus in the castle of Forres, and the execution of the mur95 derers; another, that it commemorates a victory over the Danes under Sweno, in the time of Malcolm II., about the year 1010. The character the former tradition, the name of the figure seems to favour 96 96 27 Kirk and vill. of Dyke, enter Nairnshire. 98 Auldearn vill. Darnaway Castle, Earl of Moray, not seen from the road. It is four miles from Forres. The great hall was built by the 22 celebrated Regent Randolph, the nephew of Bruee. It contains the dais of feudal times. The original roof, which is of dark oak, still remains. The Findhorn flows by it through 20 a well wooded park. Immense plantations of oak, pine, larch, &c. cover the whole country side, and conceal the castle from view. cr. Nairn Water. NAIRN, A royal. burgh of very old fashioned appearance. Population 3266. Firhall. 18 14 Ardersier Kirk. 12 Campbellton vill. Connage. On right 5 miles from Inverness, Castle Stewart, Earl of 11 Moray, a ruin. Inverness contains a number of goodly streets, and has the usual public buildings of a large county town. The whole environs are beautiful in a high degree, and there is no town in Scotland which enjoys so many fine walks. The famous Castle of Inverness, which was the property and residence of Macbeth, stood on an eminence to the east of the town, termed the Crown. This castle was destroyed by Malcolm Canmore, who soon after built another to serve as a royal residence and fortress. This edifice was destroyed, in 1746, by the troops of Prince Charles Stuart, and only the wall of an interior rampart now remains. Culloden House. The remains of the Fort which Oliver Cromwell built at Inverness are to be seen at the place where the Ness joins the sea. The most remarkable natural curiosity in the neighbourhood of Inverness is a strange oblong mound called Tom-na-heurich (hill of the fairies.) Inverness joins with Forres, Nairn, and Fortrose in electing a M. P. The population of the town in 1831 was 9663. 104 106 of the obelisk the latter. Brodie House, Brodie, Esq. Auldearn was the scene of a victory gained, May 4, 1645, by the Marquis of Montrose over an army of the Covenanters, under Sir John Hurry. In the neighbourhood of Nairn is Cawdor Castle, the seat of the Earl of Cawdor. It is one of the most ancient and entire baronial residences in Scotland. It stands upon a low rock 108 overhanging the bed of a torrent, and is surrounded by the largest sized forest trees. It is enclosed within a moat, and is approachable only by a drawbridge. Macbeth was "Thane of Cawdor." INDEX. Banchory Village, 449. Banff, 463, and Itin. 492. Banking System, Principles of the Scot- Bannockburn, Battle of, 182-84. Beaton, Death of Cardinal, 422-23. Beauly Village, 392, and Itin. 484.] Bell Rock Light-house, 431. Ben Arthur, 289. Ben Lomond, Ascent of, 222-23. Benvenue, 211. Ben Wyvis, 484. Berwick, 144, 171, and Itin. 472. Bessie Bell and Mary Gray, Story of, 373. Birnam Wood, 357. Bonnington Linn, 275. Borthwick Castle, 100, and Itin. 469. Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 83-86. Bowhill, 119. Bracklinn, Falls of, 208. Braemar, 459. Branxholm Tower, 153-54. Brechin, footnote, 435, and Itin. 478. Bridge of Allan, 201. Brig o' Balgownie, 445; stanza from Bruar, Falls of, 361, 377. Bruce, Robert, his capture of Linlithgow Buckhaven Village, 416. Buller of Buchan, 455-58. Burke the Murderer, scene of his enor- Burnmouth Village, 171. Burns, Robert, his lines on the Fall Cadyow Castle, 264; Sir W. Scott's Cairngorm, 381. Calder House, 475. Caldron Linn, 200. Clachnaharry, 390. Clackmannan, 196. Climate of Scotland, 9. Clyde, Course of the, 7; Falls of, 273-75. Cockburn the Freebooter, 116. Colquhouns and Macgregors, their deadly Columba, Monastery of St. 316-17. Comrie Village, 371. Corra Linn, 275. Corramulzie Waterfall, 460. Cotton Manufacture in Glasgow, foot- Courts of Law in Scotland, 15. Crinan Canal, 286. Cromwell's description of Pease Bridge, 169. Crookston Castle, 319. Cupar-Angus, 478. Cullen, 492. Culloden Moor, 387; Burns's Song on Culross, Burgh of, 195. Cumbernauld, 480. Cumnock Village, 476. Dalhousie Castle, 99, and Itin. 469., Dalkeith, 97, and Itin. 470. Dalkeith Palace, 97, 98. Dean Bridge, Edinburgh, 73. |