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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LETTER MUIR | Letter Muir Letter Muir Letter Muir |
Dugald McCallum Letter P. McNie Auchrig James Campbell Glenhead |
124 | A considerable tract of moorland on the farm of Letter, hence the name. |
| LOCH RUSKY | Loch Rusky Loch Rusky Loch Rusky Loch Rusky Loch Rusky Loch Rusky Loch of Ruskie Loch of Ruskie Loch of Ruskie |
Robert Johnston Cassafuir Mr Weir, Landsteward, Rednock Robert Wright, Muirhouse James Campbell Glenhead Sketches of Perthshire New Stat [Statistical] Account Fullarton's Gazetteer County Map Priory of Inchmahome |
124 | A small Lake partly on the lands of Letter and partly on Lennieston, near the west side of it is a Small island, and on the west end of it is a heap of stones grown over with nettles &c. Mr Weir Land steward of Rednock, and Robert Johnston of Cassafuir say that this is traditionally said to be the ruins of a house or Castle, which had belonged to Sir John Monteith, the betrayer of Wallace. "South of Craig Dhereag about ½ a mile & in a moor considerably higher than the country south of it, is Loch Rusky, about a mile in circumference having a Small island, on which are the ruins of a house, traditionally assigned to that noted Sir John Monteith of Rusky, by whom the patriot Sir W. Wallace was apprehended." "New Stat [Statistical] Account" |
| CASTLE (Site of) [Loch Rusky] | Castle (Site of) Castle (In ruins) |
Sketches of Perthshire County Map |
124 | "In Loch Rusky in the parish of Port, on the road from Port to Callander there is an island, with the ruins of a fortress assigned traditionally to Sir John Monteith." And celebrated by a Lady of genius somewhat beyond its apparent merits. Where the majestic Grampians spread There Shadows o'er old Rusky's head Where friendship warms the escutcheon'd walls Of proving Rusky's Antique piles" McGregor Stirlings Work. |
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[Page] 314124 Parish of Port of Monteith -- Perthshire
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