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FETTERCAIRN

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 296 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FETTERCAIRN , a See also:

burgh of See also:barony of See also:Kincardineshire, See also:Scotland, 41 M. N.W. of Laurencekirk. Pop. of See also:parish (Igor) 1390. The See also:chief structures include a public See also:hall, library and See also:reading-See also:room, and the See also:arch built to commemorate the visit of See also:Queen See also:Victoria in 1861. The most interesting relic, however, is the See also:market See also:cross, which originally belonged to the See also:extinct See also:town of Kincardine. To the S.W. is Balbegno See also:Castle, dating from 1509, and planned on a See also:scale that threatened to ruin its projector. It contains a lofty hall of See also:fine proportions. Two See also:miles N. is Fasque, the See also:estate of the Gladstones, which was acquired in 1831 by See also:Sir See also:John See also:Gladstone (1764-1851), the See also:father of W. E. Gladstone. The castle, which stands in beautiful grounds, was built in 1809. Sir John Gladstone's See also:tomb is in the Episcopal See also:church of St See also:Andrew, which he erected and endowed.

In the immediate vicinity are the ruins of the royal castle of Kincardine, where, according to tradition, See also:

Kenneth III. was assassinated in 1005, although he is more generally said to have been slain in See also:battle at Monzievaird, near See also:Crieff in See also:Perthshire.

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