INVERURIE Aberdeenshire
Is 17 miles from Aberdeen it is an ancient royal burgh, founded by David of Huntington, Earl of the Garioch and great-great grandfather of Robert the Bruce, the
strategic position of the town in 1639 observed the start of the civil war, in 1745 it became the only scene of bloodshed for Aberdeenshire when in December that year a uprising by
Lord Lewis Gordon, with a party of Jacobites surprised and defeated a detachment of the Hanoverian army, of Lord Loudon on its way to Inverness to relive the Aberdeen.
Inverurie has many literary associations one of which is Arthur Johnston of Caskieben, a Latin poet known as the Scottish Ovid born in 1587 son of George, the 7th
Johnston Laired of Caskieben, he was born in the family seat of Caskieben castle, which now forms the older part of Keith hall, on the south east out side of the town.
The castle with its classical balustrade and supporting urns is set between square pavilions capped with pointed helmets, standing in the original landscape
designed by Capability Brown.
Inverurie has a notable ruin of KinKell which lies to the south of the town this 16th century parish church has ornate details including a rich
sacrament house dated 1524, Inverurie also has a Brandsbutt stone a Pictish symbol stone with well preserved Ogham inscriptions, Once one of a circle dated 1800-1600 BC
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