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

F1NHAVEN — LINDSAYS OF BARNYA11DS, AND MARKHOUSE. 109
of these were the Lindsays of the Haugh of Tannadice, or Barn-
yards, who, at least from the time of the second Earl down to
the middle of the sixteenth century, when David Lindsay died,
seized " de terris de Hauch, cum custodia et officio consta-
bularii castri et manerii nostri de Fynnewyne," were designed
constables of Finhaven. Of this family, which failed in Patrick
Lindsay, in 1692, were descended the Lindsays of Little
Coull, and those of Grlenqueich. The castle of Barnzaird (as it
is termed in Monipennie's "Briefe Description of Scotland")
stood within two miles, as the crow flies, of the castle of Fin-
haven, and towards the close of last century was represented
by two archways in the Haugh, a little north-west of the
present farm house, which was built from its rums. As con-
stables of the castle of Finhaven, the Lindsays of the Haugh
witnessed many of the charters of their chief, and " Philip Lin-
dissay de le Halche " was one of Crawford's council, by whose
avisement he renewed the marches and bounds of the lands of the
old family of Auchenleck of that Ilk, and was also present at the
perambulation of the marches of Ochterlony in 1459.*
The lands of Markhouse, which adjoin those of Finhaven on
the east, are supposed to have been a portion of the Forest of
Plater, and to have come to the Lindsays in the same manner as
the lands of Finhaven. Whether this be the fact or not, it is
certain that "Johannes Lindsay de Markhous," who witnesses a
resignation of the barony of Finhaven by Earl David of Craw-
ford, to his eldest son, on the 24th of December 1563, is the
first proprietor of these lands with whom we have met ; and the
same person, or perhaps his son " John Lindsay of M'khous,
notarpublic," appears in a paper in the Southesk charter chest,
of date 1595-t
The site of the old house, or castle, of Markhouse, is still
pointed out near the south-east side of the estate ; and although
nothing tangible exists, either in tradition or record, regarding
the Lindsays of Markhouse individually, the lands had once on a
time been the scene of some important events, since traces of
ancient sepulture have been gathei'ecl from various parts of them.
At a place called the Haercairn, in the Howmuir wood (almost
directly north of the present gate), and at Haerland Faulds,
* Information from Lord Lindsay. \ Ibid.
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