Note 561 — Chapter VIII · THE KINGDOM OF SCOTIA.

Fordun calls Crinan ‘Abthanus de Dull et seneschallus insularum.’ There was no such title as Abthanus de Dull, but there was an Abthania de Dull, consisting of the possessions of that monastery. They were of great extent, and embraced the whole of the present parishes of Dull and Fortingall. If thisthis monastery had become secularised, they may have belonged to the lay abbot of Dunkeld, and if Malcolm had now re-acquired part of the Western Isles, Crinan may have occupied some important position in connection with them also.