History and traditions of the land of the Lindsays in Angus and Mearns

22 LAND OF THE LINDSAYS.
He was one of the old Earls of Angus — a predecessor of the great
Gilchrist — and their residence and heritage were in another and
more southern part of the shire ; but, of the existence of a castle
at Dalbog, there is not the least shadow of doubt, though,
perhaps, it cannot lay claim to the antiquity popularly assigned
to it.
A building, with very thick walls, lately erased at the east
end of the farm house of the Wood of Dalbog, was known by
the name of " the castle," and of this the " Wicked Master "
took forcible possession in the time of Earl David of Edzell, and
carried on his predatory and annihilating labours over the dis-
trict and tenantry of Glenesk and neighbourhood. At an earlier
period, too, the lands of Dalbog were a part of the terce of the
Duchess of Montrose, of which Nicholas Fothringham of Powry
attempted to deprive her.* It was in this vicinity, also, that Sir
David of Edzell had smelting furnaces erected ; and although all
trace of these, and the enriching mineral which they were raised
to purify, together with the castle and mains of Dalbog, are now
gone, the house at the old mill, with the date 1681 (referring to
the occupancy of John Lindsay, who long held the office of factor
on the estates), is by no means an unimportant looking object.
SECTION III.
& He is past, he is gone, like the blast of the wind,
And has left but the fame of his exploits behind ;
And now wild is the sorrow and deep is the wail,
As it sweeps from Glenesk to the far Wauchopdale,
Bright star of the morniug, that beamed on the brow
Of our chief of ten thousand, where art thou now ?
The sword of our fathers is cankered with rust,
And the race of Clan Lindsay is bowed to the dust."
£ael Cbawfoed's Coronach.
The properties of Edzell and Glenesk have been united together,
as they are at present, from the earliest record ; and being both
known by the common name of the latter, not only gave the
surname of " Glenesk " to the most ancient owners, but also the
title to many of their followers. This is perhaps the reason why
the former district, which ultimately assumed the more important
' Acta Dominorum Coucilli, Mar. 14, 1402, in:.