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

316 LAND OF THE LINDSAYS.
Lady of Governor Sir George Ogilvy, through whose well-
known and ingenious scheme the ancient symbols of Scottish
royalty were so effectively preserved from the grasp of Crom-
well's soldiers.
Both Kingornie and Katerline are places of considerable note.
The " chapel well " is still in the neighbourhood of the first,
and the church is said to have been originally founded by David
II., in gratitude for being landed here in safety with his consort
Johanna in May 1341.* About the time of the Revolution, the
small property of Kingornie belonged to the father of the cele-
brated Dr. Arbuthnott, who, on being ejected from his living at
the parish church of Arbuthnott, took up his abode on his paternal
estate, and here his illustrious son spent his earliest years ; but
there is now no trace of the old kirk, and its name does not
occur in the Register of Ministers for 1567. The earliest pro-
prietors of Katerline were the Fitz-Bernards, ancestors of the
Sibbalds of Kair, one of whom, about the year 1206, gave the
green cove of the Bath, and mill of Katerline, to the monks of
Arbroath.f The site of the Bath, or fort, is still known as
" Rath field," and situate near a small inlet of the sea, called
Breidin's Bay.J
Uunottar, 2Hvfe, anti Sumgair.
The interesting property of Dimottar and its castle, with
which the name and valorous actions of the ancient family of
Keith-Marischal were indissolubly linked for nearly four cen-
turies, fell into the hands of Sir William Lindsay of the Byres,
as the dowry of his wife, Christina, daughter of Sir William
Keith, by Margaret Frazer, the heiress of the thanedome of Cowie
and other possessions. Lindsay's occupancy of Dimottar, how-
ever, was very short ; for between the years 1382 and 1397,§ he
exchanged it with his father-in-law for the lands of Struthers,
in Fife. From the brevity of their ownership of Dunottar, no
" Dalrymple's Annals, vol. ii. p. 228 ; et utsup., p. 297. t Reg- & e Aberbrothoc, p: U, &c.
} The kirk of Katerline was, perhaps, dedicated to one of the SS. Katherine. It is also
supposed that there was a chapel at IBarras in old times, dedicated to St. John. There is no
evidence for this, however ; and as it is certain that a portion of the property belonged to the
Knights of St. John, perhaps the name of a hill in the neighbourhood and the idea of the chapel
has been gathered from that circumstance, and from the Temple lands.
§ Lives, vol. i., pp. 02, 112.