OS1/10/28/103
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUNNY'S LODGE | Lunny's Lodge | J J H Johnstone Esq[Esquire] Raehills Robert Graham Raehills Overseer John McAdam Hartfield |
033 | This is rather a remarkable piece of Antiquity, it consists of a circular cave in a solid sandstone rock, at one end it is about three or four feet in diameter, and at the other a man would have difficulty in crawling through. Its length from end to end is about thirty feet. It is situated on the left bank of the Kinnel a short distance above Elizatown and where the stream is crossed by a wooden Bridge. Some suppose that it was scooped out by the current of the stream, which is highly improbable as it is many feet higher than the water ever rises. It must have been cut by the hands of man, and would most likely be a resort, during the time of the persecution in Scotland as it is well known that the Covenanters often fled to the Kinnel Linns, for safety when pursued by their enemies, Nothing is known of the person Lunny after whom the place is supposed to have been named further than (as the story goes) he was shat with a "siller saxpence" (In different hand) Its a sandstone rock to which this name applies, there is a small hole in it caused by Metamorphic the same cause applies to other rocks (Geologically Considered) John Jane Sapper RE [Royal Engineers] |
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