OS1/1/54/11
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLMSBURNSIDE | Holmesburnside Holmesburnside Holmesburnside Holmesburnside |
Rev [Reverend] Thomas Brisbane, Minister Duncanstone Rev [Reverend] James Peter Minister Bridge of Leslie Mr George Anderson, Silverleys Rent Receipt |
043 | This name is applied to a few houses situated about a mile south of Duncanstone property of Sir Andrew Leith Hay. Leith Hall |
| HUMAN REMAINS AND FLINT ARROWHEADS FOUND HERE [cairn, Holmsburnside] | (Site of) Cairn (Site of) Cairn (Site of) Cairn (Site of) Cairn |
Rev [Reverend] Thomas Brisbane Minister Mr Peter Hall, farmer Mr John Thomson, Sunnyside Mr Alexander Thomson, Old Leslie |
043 | Some twenty years since Mr Hall removed this cairn, he says that the best of the stones were taken to build his farmsteading etc. He believes that he carted away some 3 or 4 hundred Cart loads and occasionally found pieces of bones chared wood black clammy earth and a few flint arrowheads The Cairn was conical and about 9 feet high in the centre about 80 feet in diameter |
| Site of CAIRN [Holmburnside] | (Site of) Cairn (Site of) Cairn (Site of) Cairn (Site of) Cairn |
Rev [Reverend] Thomas Brisbane Minister Mr Peter Hall, farmer Mr John Thomson, Sunnyside Mr Alexander Thomson, Old Leslie |
043 | Some twenty years since Mr Hall removed this cairn, he says that the best of the stones were taken to build his farmsteading etc. He believes that he carted away some 3 or 4 hundred Cart loads and occasionally found pieces of bones chared wood black clammy earth and a few flint arrowheads The Cairn was conical and about 9 feet high in the centre about 80 feet in diameter |
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[page] 11Parish of Leslie
HOLMSBURNSIDE - Holm, Howm. Low ground on the banks of a River - (Jamieson)
Holm- A river Island. - Ang. Sax. [Anglo Saxon] (Clarke)
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