taken 11 years ago, near to Kirkinch, Angus, Scotland
Kinpurnie Tower
Local history records that the tower was built as an observatory by a local landlord, James Mackenzie, in 1774.
However a local tale is less prosaic.
David Gray, a prolific poacher, took stock from his favourite haunts of Auchterhouse, Balunie, Camperdown and more besides. The local lairds, fed up with his activities, laid a trap by inviting applications for the post of a hermit at the tower. Knowing that the vacancy would appeal to Gray, as he enjoyed his own company, they advertised the position with the sweetener of daily sustenance and if he stayed seven years he would be given £100 at the end. He survived for the full period receiving bread and water daily through an aperture in the wall without any communication from his providers. He was released at the end of his stint but was quite mad and died a couple of years later.
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