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She passed through the English lines without interference, and the precious articles were safely disposed of by her husband, who buried them under the flagstones in his church at Kinneff, where they remained until the restoration of 1660. The English were intensely disappointed at the loss.
Thomas Dowler Murphy - British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car: Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England,: Wales And Scotland

It was here that the crown and sceptre of King Charles were kept during the Civil Wars. The castle was besieged, and the garrison was about to capitulate, when Mrs Ogilvie, the governor's wife, put them in charge of Mrs Grainger, the wife of the minister of Kinneff, who had paid her a visit by permission of the Republican General Lambert.
William Henry Giles Kingston - A Yacht Voyage Round England
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