FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 9: _Proceedings Soc. Antiq. Scot._ vol. vi. p. 114.] [Footnote 10: _Proceedings Soc. Antiq. Scot._ vol. iii. p. 43.] [Footnote 11: "Instructions to Andro bischop of the Yllis, Andro lord Steuart of Vchiltrie, and James lord of Bewlie, comptroller, conteining suche overturis and articles as they sall propone, to Angus MʽConeill of Dunnyvaig and Hector MʽClayne of Dowart for the obedyence of thame and thair clanis. 14 Aprilis 1608.... That the haill houssis of defence strong-holdis and cranokis in the Yllis perteining to thame and their foirsaidis sal be delyverit to his Maiestie and sic as his Heynes sall appoint to ressave the same to be vsit at his Maiesty's pleasour.... That they sall forbeir the vse and weiring of all kynd of armour outwith thair houssis especiallie gunis bowis and twa handit swordis, except onlie ane handit swordis and targeis."--(_Regist. Secreti Concilii: Acta penes Marchiarum et Insularum Ordinem 1608-1623_, pp. 4, 5. Robertson's _Notes_.)] [Footnote 12: The island in the Loch of Forfar, known as Queen Margaret's Inch, was discovered to be artificial on the partial drainage of the loch in 1781. It is thus referred to in the _Old Stat. Account of Scot._, vol. vi. p. 528:-- "Before this loch was drained, and near the north side of it, there was an artificial island composed of large piles of oak and loose stones, with a stratum of earth above, on which are planted some aspen and sloe trees, supposed to have been a place of religious retirement for Queen Margaret. This now forms a very curious peninsula. The vestiges of a building, probably a place of worship, are still to be seen.... It appears that the loch has at some period surrounded the rising ground, called the Manor, and the adjacent hill, on which the Castle of Forfar stood; which hill is not, as the authors of the _Encyclopædia Britannica_ suppose, artificial, but a congestum of sand and fat clay, evidently disposed in various irregular strata by the hand of nature."