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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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THAINS BURN | Thains Burns | James Shand Easter Mosshead William Robertson Bothwellseat George Sellar Crofts of Shanquhar |
026 | A small steam taking its name from the Public Road leading to Huntly, and after a North-Westerly course of about 50 chains enters the Parish of Drumblade a few chains to the North-east of Easter Mosshead, and finally falls into the River Bogie, close to Huntly Station. It is supposed that a man named Thain, was found drowned in this burn. "hence the name". |
BRUCE'S HOWE | Bruces Howe | James Shand Easter Mosshead William Robertson Bothwellseat George Sellar Crofts of Shanquhar |
026 | A name applied to faint traces of an artificial hollow, situated on the North-East side of Cot Hill, from 30 to 40 links wide. *Tradition records it to have been excavated by Robert the Bruce's army, about the year 1300 or 1400. |
ENTRENCHMENTS (Site of) [Bruce's Howe] | James Shand Easter Mosshead William Robertson Bothwellseat George Sellar Crofts of Shanquhar |
026 | A name applied to faint traces of an artificial hollow, situated on the North-East side of Cot Hill, from 30 to 40 links wide. *Tradition records it to have been excavated by Robert the Bruce's army, about the year 1300 or 1400. *There are traces of other similar entrenchments on Cot Hill. |
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[Page] 18County of Banff (Det.) [Detached] Parish of Gartly
THAINS BURN James Thain lived on the side of the burn & farmed a bit of land 200 years ago but he was not drowned in the burn. JMcD
J. Bucklow
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