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LOSSIEMOUTH , a See also:

police See also:burgh of See also:Elginshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (1901) 3904. It embraces the villages of Lossiemouth, Branderburgh and Stotfield, at the mouth of the Lossie, 5z M. N.N.E. of See also:Elgin, of which it is the See also:port, by a See also:branch See also:line of the See also:Great See also:North of Scotland railway. The See also:industries are See also:boat-See also:building and fishing. Lossiemouth. or the Old See also:Town, See also:dates from 1700; Branderburgh, farther north, See also:grew with the See also:harbour and began about 1830; Stotfield is purely See also:modern and contiguous to the splendid See also:golf-course. The cliffs at Covesea, 2 M. W., contain caves of curious shape. See also:Sir See also:Robert See also:Gordon of Gordonstown used one as a See also:stable in the See also:rebellion of 1745; weapons of prehistoric See also:man were found in another, and the roof of a third is carved with ornaments and emblems of See also:early See also:Celtic See also:art. Kinneddar See also:Castle in the See also:parish of Drainie—in which Lossiemouth is situated—was a seat of the bishops of See also:Moray, and Old Duffus Castle, 22 m. S.W.. was built in the reign of See also:David II.

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estate of Gordonstown, See also:close by, was founded by Sir Robert Gordon (1580-1656), historian of the See also:Sutherland See also:family, and grandfather of thebaronet who, because of his inventions and scientific attainments, was known locally as " Sir Robert the See also:Warlock " (1647–1704}, Nearly midway between Lossiemouth and Elgin stand the massive ruins of the See also:palace of Spynie, formerly a fortified See also:residence of the bishops of Moray. " Davie's See also:Tower," 6o ft. high with walls 9 ft. thick, was built by See also:Bishop David See also:Stewart about 1470. The adjacent See also:loch is a favourite breeding-See also:place for the See also:sea-birds, which resort to the See also:coast of Elginshire in 'enormous See also:numbers. A mile S.E. of the See also:lake lies Pitgaveny, one of the reputed scenes of the See also:murder of See also:King See also:Duncan by See also:Macbeth.

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