313 THIRD PKHIOI) 1545. This is the same Sir Alexander who is suggested by us as having built the Wine Tower at Fraserburgh. In 1619 his grandson and suc- cessor, Sir Alexander Fraser, who built the castle at Kinnaird Head, Fraserburgh, sold the lands and castle of Cairnbulg. Was this to enable him to raise the funds necessary for the pursuance of his scheme in founding the town and harbour of Fraserburgh 1 If so, and it seems not unlikely, the inhabitants of that rising town should regard the venerable walls of Cairnbulg with feelings of no ordinary interest. The castle seems to have remained inhabited for a considerable time after this, as we gather from the following tombstone inscription in the neighbouring churchyard of Kirkton (Fraserburgh) : " Here lyeth the Body of George Marten, Lawful Son to James Marten, Presently Resid- ing at the House of Cairnbulye, who died January the 8th the year 1781." FARME, LANARKSHIRE. An ancient square keep on the Clyde, near Rutherglen, now incor- porated with a modern mansion (Fig. 267). It has the appearance of having been built in the fifteenth century, and is a good instance of the FIG. 267. Farme Keep. persistence of the simple keep style of building. The estate has belonged to the Stewarts, the Crawfords, and others, but it is not known by whom the castle was built. It now belongs to Allan Farie, Esq.
