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Title: Controversial issues in Scottish history; a contrast of the early chronicles with the works of modern historians
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Gregg, William Henry, 1831-
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Publisher: New York London : G.P. Putnam's sons
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lfo called Dun o tore, flands on the fummit of aconfiderable hill, rifing out of the flat country of the Ganioch,about twelve miles from Old^eldrum. It was a place of great ftrength, defended hy a double ditch andrampart. The building is now entirely demolifhed, except part of oneend, which is the fubjeft of the above Plate. It is faid to have been the refidence of Gregory the Great, King ofScotland, who, in the year 892, according to Lellie and other Scottilhhiftorians, died in this CalUej and was from thence carried to Jona,where he was buried. THE Castle of Dunnideer, and Ecclesgreig, Gregs Church,now known as St. Cyrus, are two places in Scotland thatcommemorate the reign of King Gregory, By the use ofdocuments it is shown that the Castle of Dunnideer is situatedin the Garioch and not on Loch Earn, as stated by Skene alone.This location, he bases upon his interpretation of the Prophecyof St. Berchan, a docimient in reality written long after thehappening of the events related: 474
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Dunnideer Castle and Ecclesgreig 475 lar sin nos geabhaidh an RiDo lar Duine Duirn, drechbhtiidhe,In Rhaoth as Dun Duirn DuanachCidh adhmbar ni h-ilbhuadhach, translated by Skene as follows: Afterwards the King shall possessFrom the middle of Dundurn, yellow faced,The Raoth from Dundurn of songs,Though fortunate yet not all conquering.^ He has also used the following couplet in connection withthe first to estabhsh his contention: Is lais fichtir in teach teann,Uch! mo chraoidhe, ar bhrughadh Eirenn,Biaidh dath dearg atteagh mo cheann,Do faoth le Feraibh Forthrenn. The translation reads as follows: By him shall be attacked the powerful house,Ah! my heart, on the banks of the Earn,Red shall be the colour in the house before him,He shall fall by the men of Fortrenn. Skene has, therefore, taken Duine Duirn, and translatedit into Dundurn, and because there is a Dundurn on LochEarn, he locates it there: Dimdvim was by later historians identified with Dunadeer in Aber-deenshire, and upon thi

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