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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GLENRAE BURN Clandry Burn
Clendreugh Burn
Clanrie Burn
Glenrae Burn
Clanrae Cleugh
John Anderson of Spango
C. Anderson Schoolmaster of Spango
Crawford,s Co. [County] Map,
Rev. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Simpson of Sanquhar
David Hunter of Clackleith
authority for the name but not
the Spelling
004 [Situation] On En. [Eastern] Slope of Glenrae Dod - NW, [North West] to Whitecleugh Lane
A narrow, shallow Stream in a Glen
which begins its Name at a Junction
of two small rills at a point called the
Forkings in the adjoining Plan,
Dr. [Doctor] Simpson States that Clan is a corruption from the Celtic, and means a Glen *and that, Rae, Signifies Red, or Yellow and that Glenrae Burn is the most approved Mode of Spelling
* [corrections initialled MD]
Site of GLENRAE CASTLE Clanrae Castle
Clanrae Castle
Clanrae Castle
Glenrae Castle
John Anderson of Spango
David Hunter of Clackleith
Christopher Anderson of Spango
Revd. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Simpson of Sanquhar
004 [Situation] ¼ mile S,S,E, [South South East] from the most Nn. [Northern] point of Parish
The Site of an ancient Stronghold the tracK visible, and was of the baronial Kind. In digging out the foundation of this Castle there was a Stone found in the Shape of a Man's head Marked R. W. and it is now in the garden of John Kennedy of Kirkland near Tynron. Foundation Steps of a Strongly built staircase have been found here, the Mason work of which it is said, Shows that the edifice must have been of a superior Order but this has long ago passed away, and the name and memorial of its inhabitants have gone into irrecoverable Oblivion.

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[Page] 5,
Parish of Sanquhar -- Plan 3.5 Trace 1.

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M. Donohue
25th July 1856,

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