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EDZELL — CHAPELRY OF DALBOG. 21
the management of thanes, or king's stewards ; for, down to the
year 1329, no family is mentioned in a proprietary relation to it;
but, of that date, King David gave a grant of it to Sir Alexander
Lindsay of Crawford, the father of the first Lindsay of Glenesk,
consequently — next to the lands of Little Pert, and the thanedom
of Downie — Neudos was the first land held by that powerful
family in the districts of Angus and Mearns.
The Chapelry of Dalbog* was on the east side of the parish,
due west of Neudos. The time of its suppression is unknown ;
and though no*vestige of any house remains, the site of the place
of worship is still called the "chapel kirk shed" by old people,
and, in the memory of an aged informant, a fine well and
hamlet of houses graced the spot. This field adjoins the hillock
of Turnacloch, or " the knoll of stones," which was probably so
named, from being topt in old times by a so-called Druidical
circle, the last of the boulders of which were only removed in
1840. Some of them decorate a gravel mound behind the
farm house ; and, on levelling the knoll on which they stood, a
small sepulchral chamber was discovered, about four feet below
the surface. The sides, ends, and bottom, were built of round
ordinary sized whinstones, cemented with clay, and the top com-
posed of large rude flags. It was situate on the sunny side of
the knoll, within the range of the circle ; but was so filled with
gravel, that although carefully searched, no relics were found.
The building was about eighteen inches broad, and a foot high,
and nearly five feet long ; and, at the south end, amidst the
clammy earth which covered the bottom, an indentation was
observed resembling that which would be caused by the pressure
of a human head.
According to popular story, Conquhare, the famous thane of
Angus, who was butchered in cold blood by his own grandson,
Crathilinthus, the son of Finella, had his residence here ; but,
whatever truth may be in the story of his murder, and Finella's
well-known revenge on the person of King Kenneth, who had
ordered Crathilinthus to be executed, there is no reason for be-
lieving that the unfortunate Conquhare abode in this quarter.
* Gael. DaiUbog, i. e. " the bog or miry valley." The " Dulbdok" in the Register of St.
Andrews, and " Dulbrothoc," in that of Arbroath, are one and the same, and supposed to be
Dalbog. The name is written " Devilbog," in an infeftment of 1518— (Crawf. Case, p. 158.)
the management of thanes, or king's stewards ; for, down to the
year 1329, no family is mentioned in a proprietary relation to it;
but, of that date, King David gave a grant of it to Sir Alexander
Lindsay of Crawford, the father of the first Lindsay of Glenesk,
consequently — next to the lands of Little Pert, and the thanedom
of Downie — Neudos was the first land held by that powerful
family in the districts of Angus and Mearns.
The Chapelry of Dalbog* was on the east side of the parish,
due west of Neudos. The time of its suppression is unknown ;
and though no*vestige of any house remains, the site of the place
of worship is still called the "chapel kirk shed" by old people,
and, in the memory of an aged informant, a fine well and
hamlet of houses graced the spot. This field adjoins the hillock
of Turnacloch, or " the knoll of stones," which was probably so
named, from being topt in old times by a so-called Druidical
circle, the last of the boulders of which were only removed in
1840. Some of them decorate a gravel mound behind the
farm house ; and, on levelling the knoll on which they stood, a
small sepulchral chamber was discovered, about four feet below
the surface. The sides, ends, and bottom, were built of round
ordinary sized whinstones, cemented with clay, and the top com-
posed of large rude flags. It was situate on the sunny side of
the knoll, within the range of the circle ; but was so filled with
gravel, that although carefully searched, no relics were found.
The building was about eighteen inches broad, and a foot high,
and nearly five feet long ; and, at the south end, amidst the
clammy earth which covered the bottom, an indentation was
observed resembling that which would be caused by the pressure
of a human head.
According to popular story, Conquhare, the famous thane of
Angus, who was butchered in cold blood by his own grandson,
Crathilinthus, the son of Finella, had his residence here ; but,
whatever truth may be in the story of his murder, and Finella's
well-known revenge on the person of King Kenneth, who had
ordered Crathilinthus to be executed, there is no reason for be-
lieving that the unfortunate Conquhare abode in this quarter.
* Gael. DaiUbog, i. e. " the bog or miry valley." The " Dulbdok" in the Register of St.
Andrews, and " Dulbrothoc," in that of Arbroath, are one and the same, and supposed to be
Dalbog. The name is written " Devilbog," in an infeftment of 1518— (Crawf. Case, p. 158.)
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