[20] On the north-west border of Loch Spinie there are standing on an artificial mound, surrounded by a fosse and drawbridge, the walls of a strong castle called Old Duffus.--_Old Stat. Account_, vol. viii. p. 395. [21] Contains an island said to be one of the strongholds of the Wolf of Badenoch; also called Loch-an-Eilean.--_New Stat. Account_, vol. xiii. p. 137. [22] Castle situated in a swamp.--_Old Stat. Account_, vol. iv. p. 399. [23] A small island, mostly artificial, with ruins of an old castle.--_Old Stat. Account_, vol. ix. p. 231. [24] Near each end there is a small artificial island with ruins.--_Ibid._ vol. xi. p. 180. [25] Small island, with ruins of castle.--_Ibid._ vol. x. p. 130. [26] Middle of loch a cairn of stones.--_Ibid._ vol. xviii. p. 327. [27] _Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot._ vol. vi. p. 176. [28] Island, partly artificial.--_Old Stat. Account_, vol. ii. p. 475. [29] Several islands.--_Old Stat. Account_, vol. xvii. p. 465, and _Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot._ pp. 173, 175, and 176; also _New Stat. Account_, vol. x. p. 465. [30] _Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot._ vol. vi. p. 173. [31] In the middle of one of the lakes is a small island, with the remains of an old building.--_Old Stat. Account_, vol. xvii. p. 195. [32] Castle stood in lake, now drained, with vestiges of a causeway.--_Old Stat. Account_, vol. v. p. 69. [33] Mr. Robertson's notes.--_Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot._ vol. vi. p. 177. [34] _Ibid._ p. 172. [35] Castle anciently surrounded by water.--_Old Stat. Account_, vol. viii. p. 570. [36] _Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot._ vol. vi. pp. 172 to 177. [37] Small island near the lower end artificially constructed of stones, with ruins.--_Old Stat. Account_, vol. x. p. 303, and _New Stat. Account_, vol. xv. p. 151. [38] Small island near lower end artificially formed of stones.--_Old Stat. Account_, vol. i. p. 282. [39] Immense cairn of stones in the midst of an extensive and deep morass. Old castle of Yetholm Loch.--_New Stat. Account_, vol. iii. p. 164. [40] Contains an island of stones and oak stakes, and mossy bogs on south shore, and a peninsula at north-west, with a double row of stakes.--_Rev. W. Wilson, Glenluce._ [41] See _Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot._ vol. x. pp. 737-8. [42] _Ibid._ vol. ix. p. 397. [43] _Ibid._ vol. ix. p. 368. [44] Mr. Faed examined its two islands and found them artificial.--_Ibid._ p. 378. [45] "On the east shore, opposite Fern Island, I found an oak in the peat, with an axe-mark. My companion waded to the island and reported the remains of a paved ford for 20 or 25 feet next the island."--_Ibid._ p. 378. [46] "Three crannogs, one with ford to one shore and annular stone heap, the others with a ford to each shore.--_Rev. W. Wilson._