. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. ly protected. In 1857, when this interesting relic of bygonetimes was fast crumbling to decay, the Earl of Fife restored it asnearly as possible to its original design, and now it should stand forgenerations as a memorial of an ancient ecclesiastical fortification. I have been informed that about fifty years ago, an old footwayfrom Spynie to the Panns Port, could be distinctly traced throughthe Newmill grounds, leading to stepping stones which crossedthe Lossie hereabouts. The road here along the Lossie banks,leads to th
. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. ly protected. In 1857, when this interesting relic of bygonetimes was fast crumbling to decay, the Earl of Fife restored it asnearly as possible to its original design, and now it should stand forgenerations as a memorial of an ancient ecclesiastical fortification. I have been informed that about fifty years ago, an old footwayfrom Spynie to the Panns Port, could be distinctly traced throughthe Newmill grounds, leading to stepping stones which crossedthe Lossie hereabouts. The road here along the Lossie banks,leads to the Sewage Works. Turning to our right, we have the remains of the old precinctwall for some thirty yards, and a good hundred yards further on weagain pick it up in the centre of a field, where the ruins of a cornercan be viewed, giving us also the run of the wall westwards. Onesees also at this corner, the gnarled ivy-covered trunk—all that nowremains—of the Auld Beech Tree. In the days when the publicroad passed this corner, this spot was a favourite rendezvous for. The Lossie at De;ms]i;uili-
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