BOD DOM CASTLE, 
jl ' ^ ^ remains of this old caftle are fituated on a lofty promontory j a cliff 
peninfulated by two immcnfe chafms in the precipice, or rather hideous 
havens, on either hand. 
It is one of thofe lituations chofen for defence and fecurity in a barbarous 
S e * in that age it has been a place of importance : fome pieces of cannon Hill 
ying in neighbouring banks, indicate its having been chofen as a fortrefs 
and place of ftrength. Its laft poffeffors were of the name of Keith , fome 
diftant branch of the Marechal family. 
Boddom Head , the name of the promontory on which this caftle ftands, is 
alfo known by the name of The Buchan-nejs ■, and forms on the South a head- 
land to the fpacious hvj oi Peterhead ■, which being in the Eaftmoft point of 
Scotland, is of conftderable importance to fhipping. 
A mile or two out at fea from Boddom Head, there is a lingular large rock, 
which, rifing gradually to the top, may be climbed up without difficulty. From 
thence there is a fine profped of the ftrange cliffs along the coaft to Shins 
Caftle i and of the town and harbour of Peterhead. 
