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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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Cròm Mhìn | Crom Mhin Crom Mhin Crom Mhin |
W. Jolly Esqr. Factor J Stevenson Gartfairn Gaelic Dictionary |
013.16 | A Gaelic name signifying the crooked flat, and applying to low meadow land between the strips of wood, south of Gartfairn, (Trace 3), and Endrick Water. It extends north-westward to the side of Loch Lomond, & to the north east side of the Bridge over the Drain where the ditch joins the Loch. There are two deep drains in Crom Mhin. These drains cross each other near the eastern extremity of the meadow - "Crom Mhin". |
Gartfairn | Gartfairn Gartfairn Gartfairn |
W. Jolly Esq. Factor J. Stevenson Occupier Rent Roll & Carts |
013.16 | A Farm steading the property of His Grace the Duke of Montrose. The name is a corruption of "Gort Fearna" (Gaelic), signifying Field of an alder tree, but it is so well known by the corruption and used so long in Advertisements &c. of the Farm, that it is not considered necessary, by the Factor, to correct it. |
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[Page] 145Co. [County] Stirling -- Buchanan Parish
[Note under Cròm Mhìn-]
Cròm, (G. [Gaelic]) Crooked, bent, curved, &c.
Mìn, (G. [Gaelic]) smooth, level, even surface &c.
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Alison James- Moderator, Gerald Cummins
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