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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Naughton, a mansion in Balmerino parish, Fife, 4¼ furlongs S of the Firth of Tay, and 4½ miles SW of Newport. Built towards the close of last century, and since much altered and improved, it is the seat of Mrs Duncan-Morison, who holds 1591 acres in the shire, valued at £3421 per annum. Naughton Castle, to the N of the mansion, is said to have been built by a natural son of William the Lyon; and is now reduced to a few fragments of the lower parts of the side walls. Dolhanha, a Culdee establishment, in connection with that of St Andrews, is stated by Sibbald to have stood near the Castle's site. The estate belonged so early as the time of Alexander III. to the Hays, ancestors of the noble family of Errol; went by marriage, in 1494, to the Crichtons; and passed by sale, in 1737, to the Morisons.—Ord. Sur., sh. 48, 1868.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Administrative units: | Balmerino ScoP Fife ScoCnty |
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