Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland > Volume 6

PINMORE
ye imemie,' says Patten, 'this chase was continued v
miles in length westward fro the place of their stand-
inge, which was in ye fallow feldes of Undreske, untille
Edinborowe parke, and well nigh to the gates of the
toune itself, and unto Lyeth ; and in breadth nie nil
mile from the fryth sandes up unto Daketh south warde:
in nil whiche space the dead bodies lay as thik as a man
may meette cattell grasing in a full plenished pasture.
They ryvere ran al red with blode ; soo that in the
same chase wear counted, as well by sum of our men
that sumwhat diligently did maike it, as by sum of
them take prisoners that very much did lament it, to
have been slayne above xin thousande. In all thys
cumpos of grounde, what with weapons, amies, handes,
legges, heddes, blode, and dead bodyes, their flight
mought have easily been tracted to every of their in
refuges. ' Anotheraccount — quite sufficiently exaggerated
— states the loss of the Scots in killed at 10,000, and
that of the English at not 200.— Ord. Sur., sh. 32,
1857.
Pinmore, a mansion in Colmonell parish, Ayrshire, 6
miles NE of Colmonell village, and near Pinmore station
on the Girvan and Portpatrick railway (1876), this being
5 miles S by E of Girvan. Seated on a rising-ground,
at one of the loveliest bends of the river Stinchar, and
surrounded by beautifully wooded hills, it was a Scottish
Baronial edifice of the 16th and 17th centuries ; and,
destroyed by fire in 1876, it was next year restored in a
similar style of architecture. Its owner, Hugh Hamil-
ton, Esq. (b. 1828 ; sue. 1836), holds 8441 acres in the
shire, valued at £3833 per annum. — Ord. Sur., sh. 7,
1863. See A. H. Millar's Castles and Mansions of Ayr-
shire (Edinb. 1885).
Pinwherry. See Colmonell.
Piper's Grave. See Dewar.
Piper's Heugh. See Stevenston.
Pirn, an estate, with a mansion, in Stow parish,
Edinburghshire, on the right bank of Gala Water, 3
miles NNW of Stow village. Remains of a Roman
eanip are at Pirntaiton, 2 miles further NNW, near
Fountainhall station. — Ord. Sur., sh. 25, 1865.
Pitbladdo, an estate, with a mansion, in Cupar parish,
Fife, 2 miles NNW of the town.
Pitcairlie, an estate, with a mansion, in Newburgh
parish, Fife, 2J miles N of Auchtermuchty. Its owner,
.Robert Cathcart, Esq. (b. 1833 ; sue. 1857), holds 1050
■icres in the shire, valued at £1643 per annum. — Ord.
Sur., sh. 48, 1868.
Pitcaixn (Gael, pitht-a-chaim, ' hollow of the cairn ')
or Pitcairngreen, a village in Redgorton parish, Perth-
shire, near the left bank of the Almond, 1J mile N of
Almondbank station, and 4J miles by road N W of Perth,
bounded towards the close of last century on the estate
of Lord Lynedoch, and advantageously situated for
neater power, it was predicted, in a poem by Mrs
(3owley, to become a rival to Manchester, but has long
•ceased, except for being associated with places near it
in the works of a factory and two bleaching greens, to
^ive promise of reaching any high destiny. Piteairn-
f.eld, Bridgeton of Pitcairn, Cromwell Park, and Wood-
end are villages near it ; and Pitcairnfield has bleaching
•v.-orks, Cromwell Park has bleaching works and a factory,
Dridgeton of Pitcairn has a U.P. church, and Pitcairn-
green itself has a Free church and a public school. The
tf.P. church was built in 1797, and contains 450 sit-'
fengs. Pop. (1861) 345, (1871) 339, (1881) 301.— Ord.
Sur., sh. 48, 1868.
Pitcairns, an estate, with a modern mansion, in Dun-
ning parish, Perthshire, 5 furlongs ESE of Dunning
village.
Pitcaithly, a place, with mineral wells, in Dunharny
parish, Perthshire, amid pleasant scenery, 1 mile SW of
Bridge of Earn, and 4J miles S of Perth. The wells
have been known for their medicinal properties from
time immemorial, but were not scientifically noticed till
li v 72. Five in number, they bear the name of the East,
the AVest, the Spout, the Dunbarny, and the Southpark,
arid have all the same properties, differing from one
another only in the quantity or proportions of their saline
PITFOUR CASTLE
ingredients. They are esteemed useful in scrofulous,
herpetic, and scorbutic complaints, and in cases of
dyspepsia and general debility. A gallon of the water of
one of them, according to analysis by Professor Thomson
of Glasgow, contains 155'28 grains of chloride of calcium,
90'12 grains of common salt, 3"44 grains of chloride of
magnesium, and 1213 grains of sulphate of lime; while
a gallon of another contains 168 - 58 grains of chloride of
calcium, 117 '84 grains of common salt, 4 '16 grains of
chloride of magnesium, and 25 '92 grains of sulphate of
lime. A large lodging-house, for the accommodation
of visitors, stands beside the wells ; but Bridge of Earn
is the favourite lodging place of visitors, and is daily
supplied with water from the wells for their use. — Ord.
Stir., sh. 48, 1868.
Pitcaple, a village and a mansion in Chapel-of-
Garioch parish, Aberdeenshire. The village standing
near the right bank of the Ury, has a station on the
Great North of Scotland railway, % mile WNW of
Inveramsay Junction, 5 miles NW of Inverurie, and
21 \ NW of Aberdeen, under which it has a post office,
with money order, savings' bank, and telegraph depart-
ments. The mansion, Pitcaple Castle, stands in the
vicinity of the village between the railway and the Ury,
and is partly an ancient edifice, which was in ruins a
hundred years ago, but was restored from designs by W.
Burn about 1830, and again underwent extensive repairs
in 1873. It is notable for the detention in it of the
Marquis of Montrose on his way as a prisoner to Edin-
burgh, and for visits to it by James IV., Queen Mary,
and Charles II. Its owner, Henry Lumsden, Esq. (b.
1825 ; sue. 1859), holds 1410 acres in the shire, valued
at £1681 per annum.— Ord. Sur., sh. 76, 1874.
Pitcastle, a modern mansion in Logierait parish,
Perthshire, near the left bank of the Tay, 5% miles W
by N of Ballinluig Junction.
Pitcorthie, a mansion in Carnbee parish, E Fife, 1£
mile ENE of Colinsburgh.
Piteruvie. See Balcrtjvie.
Pitcullo, an estate, with a mansion, in Leuchars parish,
Fife, 4£ miles NNE of Cupar.
Pitcur, an estate, with a village and a ruined castle,
in Kettins parish, Forfarshire. The village stands at
the foot of the Sidlaw Hills, near the boundary with
Perthshire, 3 miles SE of Coupar-Angus, and is some-
times called Ford of Pitcur. The ruined castle was
the ancient baronial seat of the Hallyburtons, who
acquired the barony of Pitcur in 1432 ; and the estate
was sold in 1880 for £235,000 to the late Graham
Menzies, Esq., of the Caledonian Distillery, Edinburgh.
See Hallybukton House. — Ord. Sur., sh. 48, 1868.
Piteadie Castle. See Kinghorn.
Pitempton, a village in Mains and Strathmartine
parish, Forfarshire, 3 miles NNW of Dundee.
Pitferrane. See Pitfirrane.
Pitfichie Castle, a roofless ruin in Monymusk parish,
Aberdeenshire, If mile NNW of Monymusk station.
It belonged, with a small estate around it, to the family
of General Hurry, who figured in the times of the Cove-
nanters ; and it passed to the Forbes family, proprietors
of the Monymusk estate:
Pitfirrane, a mansion in Dunfermline parish, Fife,
amid a fine park, 2£ miles WSW of Dunfermline town.
The estate belonged to the Halketts from 1399 to 1877,
when Sir Peter Arthur Halkett, eighth Bart, since 1697,
soldit, with Keavil, for £132,500 to Lawrence Dalgleish,
Esq.— Ord. Sur., sh. 40, 1867.
Pitfour, an estate, with a mansion, in Old Deee
parish, Aberdeenshire, 2 miles W by N of Mintlaw.
The mansion is a large square building, and the park
and policies are of great beauty, £80,000 having been
spent on improvements by the late Admiral Ferguson,
whose son, George Arthur Ferguson, Esq. (b. 1835 ; sue.
1867), holds 12,305 acres in the shire, valued at £10,492
per annum. — Ord. Sur., sh. 87, 1876.
Pitfour Castle, a mansion in St Madoes parish, Perth-
shire, 7 furlongs S by E of Glencarse station, this being
6 miles E by S of Perth. Built by the present pro-
prietor's great-grandfather, and enlarged by his father,
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