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« on: July 11, 2010, 06:08:46 am »
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Hello All

Here is a treasure legend from the east coast of Scotland.

In 1588 Colonel Sempill, King Phillip of Spain's secret agent in Scotland met a small vessel off the coast off the mouth of the Forth and obtained secret invasion funds to help bribe the local chieftains to ease the Spanish Invasion. However fate stepped in with storms and the Spanish Amanda was scattered around the coasts of Britain and the invasion failed.

Six years after the Spanish Armada Robert Logan of Restalrig developed an obsessive interest in buried treasure. Logan was a brigand and wealthy land owner. How he came across this information was allegedly from the capture of shipwrecked Spanish sailors.One of his estates he owned was Fast Castle.

There is a document still in the hands of the descendant of John Napier, Brigadier Charles Napier of the United States Army, pertaining to a contract of magic between John Napier and Robert Logan to find treasure believed to have been found at Fast Castle.

John Napier lived in a tower south of Edinburgh called by locals astrologers Tower. Napier became famous by being the discover of logarithms. Napier's also had a reputation as a sorcerer led him into dubious association with the thuggish Robert Logan of Restalrig, who had been involved in the Gowrie Conspiracy to abduct the King and imprison him at Fastcastle.

 Logan's private fortress on the East Coast, where his family were in the habit of committing robbery with violence on any passer-by. For this Logan had been declared an outlaw, yet inexplicably Napier agreed to help him search for buried treasure at Fast castle. Luckily none were ever found, since Logan would rather have committed murder than hand over Napier's share.

It seems fairly certain that they failed and had a falling out in their search for treasure. In 1596 in letting out Land to a Tenant, stipulates in the terms of agreement, under no circumstances may the tenant ever sublet to anyone by the name of Logan.

To this day the question has hangs over the fast castle ruins or in one of the numerous sea caves around the castle, is there hidden treasure of Spanish Armada invasion funds?

There is no site that could fire the imagination like the battered old ruins of Fast castle hanging on the cliff edges with deep dark caves around the coast. Fast castle keeps her secrets well.

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« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2010, 10:03:42 am »
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I saw this on wiki - 'Fast Castle was originally known as Fause (lit. False) Castle, on account of the lights that were hung from it to mislead shipping. Shipmasters would see the lights while travelling in darkness, and consider that they had reached a safe haven, only to find thet they had been guided on to rocks, where wrecking parties awaited for plunder.'

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« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2010, 04:51:14 am »
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Hello Sue

Thank you for the interesting reference. I was not aware of it. However that does make sense  as there is a local legend that claims Spaniards came ashore and traveled up a ravine called Dowlaw Dean with two donkeys from Brander cove, past two waterfalls on the stream that flows into the ravine past a farmhouse that no longer exists called Lumsdaine Farm.

In the 1920's it was claimed by a local farmer that a local farmhand found Spanish coin dated to the time of the Armada in  Lumsdaine stream below the first waterfall.

Another legend connects a rebel leader called David Graham from Flintry was involved burying treasure around fast.

The map below shows caves and the general location around the castle. The castle is protected as listed site, However other sites around the castle itself may yeald some results. All legends refer to buried coin.

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« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2011, 05:53:13 pm »
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hi hardluck,
am going to check this one out next month , since its closer to home. plus its an excuse to take the kids to a beach down that way.

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« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2011, 07:10:41 pm »
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Hello Wuzeme

I hope you are able to take some interesting photographs. You should have a fun time telling the story to your kids and walking in footsteps of an treasure legend.

Who knows you might even find something interesting.

Have fun.

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« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2011, 11:16:35 am »
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That's exciting, wuzneme. Enjoy & hope to hear about your excursion! Sue

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