There is a 15th Century castle ruin that overlooks the town, but the name predates even this ancient fort and according to William Forbes Skene was possibly the location of the settlement named Corda by Ptolemy in his "Geographia".
There is a 15th Century castle ruin that overlooks the town, but the name predates even this ancient fort. The antiquary, William Forbes Skene even considered it the probable location of the settlement the Romans named Corda, as cited by Ptolemy in his "Geographia".