Dunbog

Dunbog is a parish in the county of Fife in Scotland which is now (since 1983) united with the neighbouring parish of Abdie, Dunbog kirk closing at that time. The name of the parish possibly derives from the Scottish Gaelic, Dùn Bolg, meaning "bag fort" or "bag-like, rounded hill"^[1][2] although no fortification has been identified on Dunbog Hill. The parish is of entirely rural character, with small hamlets of houses at Dunbog and Glenduckie. These were formerly the settlements of farm workers, but the current inhabitants have many occupations.^[3] Dunbog parish is bounded on the north by the River Tay, on the south by Monimail, on the east by Flisk and Creich, and on the west by Abdie. The Barony of Denboig/Dunbog was established in 1687. The nearest town of any size is Newburgh. It has a small primary school with approximately fifty children, and a village hall owned by a community trust which also owns the park and playing field next door.

In 1577 Jane de la Ramvell, Lady Creich, the mother of Mary Beaton one of the Four Maries who attended Mary Queen of Scots, died at the "Place of Dunbog". Anne of Denmark rode from Falkland Palace and stayed on 20 August 1599.^[4]

The remains of Collairnie Castle which belonged to the Barclay family are also in Dunbog parish.

References

Citations

1. "Dunbog". Fife Place-name Data. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
2. Taylor, Simon (2010). The Place-Names of Fife, Vol.4 North Fife between Eden and Tay. Donington: Shaun Tyas. pp. 350–1. ISBN 978-1-907730-06-1.
3. Falla, Jonathan (2023). Hall in the Heart: a Fife parish hall and its community (Revised ed.). Dunbog, Fife: Stupor Mundi. pp. 97–8. ISBN 9780951059623.
4. HMC Report on the manuscripts of Colonel David Milne Home of Wedderburn Castle (London, 1902), p. 71.

Sources

• Cairns, Adam (1845). "Parish of Dunbog". The new statistical account of Scotland. Vol. 9. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons. pp. 205-217.
• Scott, Hew (1925). Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation. Vol. 5. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. p. 150-152. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• Wylie, James Aitken, ed. (1881). Disruption worthies : a memorial of 1843, with an historical sketch of the free church of Scotland from 1843 down to the present time. Edinburgh: T. C. Jack. pp. 117–124. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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