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Caraldston or Careston, a parish of Forfarshire, whose hamlet, with church and post office, lies 4 miles W of Brechin, its station and post-town. Till 1636, the parish formed part of Brechin parish, and it took its name from lands which had an obelisk said to commemorate a Danish chieftain, Carald, and thence called Carald's Stone. Bounded N by Menmuir, E by Brechin, S by Aberlemno, and W by Tannadice and Fearn, it has an extreme length, from N to S, of 2½ miles, an extreme breadth of 2 miles, and a land area of 2085 acres. The South Esk river roughly traces the southern boundary, and to it Noran Water runs through the south-western interior. The surface rises with gentle undulation from these rivers northward to 329 feet above sea-level at Peathill, and thence declines towards the northern boundary. Old Red sandstone is the predominant and almost the only rock. The soil, in some parts, is moorish, but, in most parts, is a black loam. Upwards of 280 acres are under wood, and only about 270 are pastoral or waste. Caraldston Castle (Jn. Adamson, Esq.) is a plain but stately edifice of various dates, but chiefly of the 15th century. The Roman castra stativa -Æsica is supposed, by some antiquaries, to have stood on the peninsula between Noran Water and the South Esk. Caraldston is in the presbytery of Brechin and synod of Angus and Mearns; the living is worth £211. The church was built in 1636, and contains 200 sittings; a public school, with accommodation for 69 children, had (1880) an average attendance of 52, and a grant of £58,19s. Valuation (1881) £2697, 5s. Pop. (1801) 229, (1871) 209, (1881) 194.—Ord. Sur., sh. 57,1868.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Careston ScoP Angus ScoCnty |
| Place names: | CARALDSTON | CARALDSTON OR CARESTON | CARESTON |
| Place: | Careston |
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