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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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WALLACE'S STONE | Wallace's Stone Wallace's Stone Wallace's Stone Wallace's Stone Wallace's Stone |
J. G. Hannay Rev. [Reverend] William Menzies William Rennie Esqr. Elias Cathcart Esqr. |
039 | A whinstone about 5 feet long and 3 wide and 2 deep lying loose on the ground & having the figure of a cross Cut upon it. It is enclosed by a Stone wall about 4 feet high. It is described in the list of the Kennedies in 1650 and by Pitcairn in 1830 "There is upon the descent of Brown Carrick Hill, near to the Mains of Blairstone, a big whinstone upon which there is the dull figure of a cross, which is alleged to have been done by Some remarkable Churchman who did mediate a feud between the King of the Picts and the Scots, and to give the most authority to his proposals did in their Sight, by laying a cross upon the Stone imprint that figure thereon" It is traditionally attributed to Wallace. - |
GREENHEAD | Greenhead Greenhead Greenhead Greenhead |
William Rennie W. Menzies J. G. Hannay Esqr. Elias Cathcart Esqr. |
039 | A Neat farmsteading Consisting of dwelling house and out offices One Storey high Slated and in good repair. Property of Elias Cathcart Esqr., Auchendrane. - |
CRAIGMILL | Craig mill Craig mill Craig mill Craig mill |
J. G Hannay Esqr. Rev. [Reverend] William Menzies William Rennie Esqr. Elias Cathcart Esqr. |
039 | The remains of an old Steading the walls of the dwelling house are yet Standing. A waulk Mill Stood in the vicinity at one time from which Circumstance no doubt the Name is derived. Property of James Dunlop Esqr. Largs. |
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