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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEAD WIFE'S CAIRN | Dead Wife's Cairn Dead Wife's Cairn Dead Wife's Cairn |
Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Ronald, Cabrach. Mr. Mitchell, Farmer, Whitehillock Mr. Murray, Farmer, Tolophin. |
042 | A cairn on the Southern Slope of the Corse of Laigh, forming a point on the Parish Boundary. Popular tradition assigns this Cairn as the tomb of a maiden, who belonged to Auchinleith, and who being attached to a neighbouring farmer's son, quarrelled with him and deliberately committed felo de se. Persons at that period being guilty of this crime; were not allowed by the laws of the Country to be interred in the Churchyard. The said maiden was carried here for interment. |
| STRIPE OF CLASHANDIAL | Stripe of Clashendial Stripe of Clashendial Stripe of Clashendial |
Mr. Mitchell, Farmer, Whitehillock Mr. Murray, Farmer, Tolophin Mr. Gordon, Farmer, Silverford |
042 | A small rivulet rising about two hundred yards North of the Dead Wife's Cairn & flowing for a few chains in a north easterly direction joins the Burn of Craig near to Tolophin. |
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[Page] 58Parish of Auchindoir & Kearn
STRIPE OF CLASHANDIAL
Clas - A farrow
An - the
Dial. - Meaning" (Gaelic)
[Signed] R. Dickson S.R.E. [Sapper Royal Engineers]
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