Recording Your Heritage Online
Event ID 563017
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Recording Your Heritage Online
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Tap o' Noth. Remains of 'an ancient fortress, formerly thought to have been the mouth of a volcano, but now known to
be one of three forts constructed of stones vitrified by the force of fire, of which kind many have been lately discovered in Scotland'.
Francis Douglas, 'A general description of the East coast of Scotland', Paisley, 1782
Taken from "Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk