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Note
Date 1978
Event ID 691270
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/691270
Montrose
Montrose was a royal burgh by 1178, and the castle (NO 710 574), which was destroyed in the 19th century, and the church, which was removed to make way for the present parish church (NO 714 577), were probably in existence at or before that date.
RCAHMS 1978
(Stat Acct, v, 1793, 30, 32-3; Jervise 1861, 46-8; Warden 1880-85, iv, 430; Low 1891; Pryde 1965, 7-8, no. 15)
