 It was from the farm of Clochnahill, just off the main Laurencekirk to Stonehaven road, that Rabbie's father left the howe to seek a better livelihood in other airts.The old Churchyard at Glenbervie is where many of the Burns ancestors are buried, and it was one of the places visited by the Bard when he came to the Mearns.In the 12th Century much of Glenbervie was owned by the Melville family, one of whom was the hated John Melville, Sheriff of Kincardine, who is purported to have met a rather gruesome end!