A topographical dictionary of Scotland, comprising the several counties, islands, cities, burgh and market towns, parishes, and principal villages, with historical and statistical descriptions: embellished with engravings of the seals and arms of the different burghs and universities . nemy were completelj routed, and this battle issupposed to have been among the last fought with theDanes before their expulsion from the kingdom in thebeginning of the eleventh century. It is known by thename of the battle of the Baads , on account of thefield of action (which was the moor of Rannachie) beingcal
A topographical dictionary of Scotland, comprising the several counties, islands, cities, burgh and market towns, parishes, and principal villages, with historical and statistical descriptions: embellished with engravings of the seals and arms of the different burghs and universities . nemy were completelj routed, and this battle issupposed to have been among the last fought with theDanes before their expulsion from the kingdom in thebeginning of the eleventh century. It is known by thename of the battle of the Baads , on account of thefield of action (which was the moor of Rannachie) beingcalled the Baads of Cullen; tumuli abound in everydirection, and the decayed bones and fragments of armscontained in them are concluded to be deposits of theremains of the defeated army. The lands have from aremote period been the property of the ancestors of theEarl of Seafield, the present proprietor, who traces hisdescent from Gilchrist Ogilvie, created Earl of Angus byKing Malcolm Canmorc. A bede-house was erected,most probably by one of this family, and endowed forthe support of eight decayed farmers and eight farmerswidows i but the hospital system was abolished aboutsixty or seventy years since, and the funds arc now ap-plied by the Earl of Seafield, who has the Burgh Seal. CULL CULL in the distribution of meal to poor families belonging tohis estates in the parishes of Cullen, Rathven, Deskford,and Fordyce. The church of Cullen, originally dedi-cated to St. Mary, was founded by Robert I., whosequeen, Elizabeth, is supposed to have been buried in it,and who appointed a chaplain, with an endowment, tooffer up prayers for her soul. It had a provost, sixprebendaries, and two singing boys, whose offices werefounded in 1543, by one of the Ogilvies, aided by severaleminent persons of both the clergy and laity : the foun-dation was endowed with considerable property andmany privileges, and vvas subsequently confirmed byWilliam, Bishop of Aberdeen, and John, Archbishop
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