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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
LOOKABOUTYE Lookaboutye
Lookaboutye
Lookaboutye
Mr. Thomas Russell
Rev. [Reverend] Peter Balfour
Mr. Joseph Russell
140.05 Cothouse, one storey high, tiled, and in good repair. The name is derived from the adjacent brae, on which, it is said, one of the Kings of Scotland (James III) stood and remarked to those near him that it was a good place to "look about ye". Property of the Earl of Zetland.
LOOKABOUTYE BRAE Lookaboutye Brae
Lookaboutye Brae
Lookaboutye Brae
Mr. Thomas Russell
Rev. [Reverend] Peter Balfour
Mr. Joseph Russell
140.05 A steep brae or slope which dips abruptly into the low carse land, about one half mile south of Clackmannan. According to tradition the name is derived from the circumstance of one of the Scottish Kings (James III) in hunting one day having suddenly stopped and remarked to those who were near him that it was a fine place to "look about ye".
GREEN Green
Green
Green
Mr. Thomas Russell
Rev. [Reverend] Peter Balfour
Mr. Joseph Russell
140.05 Two rows of dwellinghouses - seven tenements in all - one storey high, slated, and in good repair. Property of the Earl of Zetland

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Parish of Clackmannan

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