Publications of the Clan Lindsay Society - Electric Scotland

128 THK LINDSAYS OF COVINGTON.
" Siller Bole." The other, whose .sinister title marked
it as the scene of the traditional trai^edy, disclosed u
number of bones ;
but
thesr on being- examine«l by a
surgeon were declared not to bu human, but merely
those of some domestic animal.
On every side of the Castle but the north there is
a deep moat, now alnnjst always dry, and there are
also traces on the east and west sides of the park,
and on the roadway between it and tlie kirkyard, of
an outer moat. These arc regariled as earlier iu
date than the Towner itself.
Some old masonry close to the inner moat on the
east of the Tower was commonly described as the
foundation for a drawbridge, but this should have been
opposite the entrance to the Castle, it is presumed.
The park which lies between the Tower and the
kirkyard contains a number of large trees, and can
hardly have been used otherwise than for grazing
purposes since the Tower was deserted. It contains
an oblong enclosure, w4th a small semi-circular recess
at the middle of the end next the Tower, marked out
by a low earthen wall or mound. This is reputed to he
the site of the Castle garden ; while some curious
trees called hagberries at the south-east corner of the
park, various sloe bushes, and a single gean or wild
cherry tree, are regarded as the degenerate remnants
of the former fruit trees.
Passing to the church, there are in addition to
the large coat-of-arms with WL ML IGSO, uUo smaller
shields with the Lindsay arms alone, under the eaves
of the north and south walls of the church.
To the north of the Tower ruin is the farm btead-