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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACK CAUS'EY | Black Caus'ey Black Caus'ey Black Caus'ey |
J. Aitken Blackmyreknoll R. Aitken. Glencryan J. Slater. Torbrex |
026 | A very compact Causeway was to be seen on the old Mill Road at this place,as shown in black dotted lines on Examination Trace, through Fannyside Muir coming from "Rig." (Trace 4. 26-7) about 40 years ago. The Caus'ey was not more than 3 chains long. and was called "Black Caus'ey". which is now well known & given to the improved or new road made at the time the Mill Road was altered. It is said upon the authority of J & R. Aitken that the Old Causeway may be seen a little below the surface. The name of the farm steading near the old causeway, on the north side, is supposed to be taken from this & not, as might be supposed, the Caus'ey name from the Steading. The"BlacK Cause'y is a well known and proper name, & should be retained. This portion of Causeway is the only probable part of the Roman Road, which coming from the South to the Fort at Castlecary, on the line of the Roman Wall, is said, on the authority of the New Statl. [Statistical] Account (which see) "may be seen in the map of Fannyside". This portion of Causeway could not be identified with the Roman Road, nor could any traces nor site of the same be identified at any part of the Moss, nor in the Parish of Cumbernauld. |
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[Page] 126Dumbartonshire -- Cumbernauld Parish
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