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A band of Covenanters (Presbyterian extremists) had a skirmish with the Royalists here in 1639.
A busy little market town is another ideal spot for angling on the River Deveron for sea trout and brown trout.
The 12th century parish church has a double belfry and a bell bearing the date 1559.
A visit to Eden Castle four miles away always has breeze blowing and it depends on the season as to how cold it can get. It is also reputed to have a curse called down on the Earl of Buchan by a widow whose son he had drowned as a means of ‘reforming him’.
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