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| DORNOCK | [Continued from page 62] in the district nor Manufactory of any consequence carried on. The Glasgow and South-Western Railway runs across the Southern division of Parish nearly from West to East, - also two Turnpike Roads from the east side traverse the Northern and southern districts respectively in a S.Wn. [South Western] and Wn [Western] direction to the town of Annan where they join. The only village is Dornock which consists of one Street of Cottages inhabited chiefly by Agricultural labourers And Weavers. In it are the Parish Church and School. Population of the Parish 950. A large Stone situate on the Wn [Western] Parish Boundary now called Three Piked Stane is said to have belonged originally to a Druidical Circle And is also identified as having formed, part of the Cross of St Marjory (See Page7.) to which Saint the original Ph [Parish] Church was dedicated. The Old Statistical Account of Dornock says "There is the remains of a Druidical Circle near Woodhead, though Some of the Stones of late have been carried away. The Stone in which a wooden Cross stood, also still remains. It was called St Marjory's Cross"- It would appear from information obtained on the ground that both of these Antiquities the Druidical Circle and St Marjory's Cross are represented by this Stone. - A Spring called Sword Well on the Wn [Western] boundary is pointed out as the Site of a Battle between the English and Scots in which the former were defeated. Tomb-Stones having Latin inscriptions thereon are yet extant in the church- yard which tradition also Assigns to be those Commemorative of the english generals who fell in the battle. The Old Stat. Acct [Statistical Account] of Dornock says "A Spring-well on the muir where the battle was fought Still bears the name of the Sword Well, probably from some these weapons having been found there after the battle." Two strong border towers now partly modernized have been shewn, of which nothing is Known beyond, their having been used in the time of border feuds. The Church, of which Chalmers in, his Caledonia remarks "the Church of Dornock was dedicated to St Marjory, who is not however mentioned by the Sanctologists. Yet is her name perpetuated here, by a Simple monument, which is called St Marjory's Cross. |
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[page] 63Parish of Dornock -- County of Dumfries
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