OS1/9/10/40
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STRONE | Strone Strone Strone Strone |
New Statistical Account W. Wallace Esq. Pr. [Proprietor] Captn. [Captain] Murray Gartshore David Russell Manager |
025 | The proper application of this name is doubtful, but it is used generally to the Side of the Bar Hill having the Ironstone Pits & the CoKe furnaces near the bottom, on the side of the "Forth & Clyde Canal". As authorized here the name will apply to all the mineral worKings &c. between "Strone Point" (Trace 4. 19A/5) and "Strone Cottage" in the east (Trace 2. 25-3). The name is A very important one in the Parish, being well Known aS "Strone", but it is sometimes commonly given to the Ridge (sketched in a yellow dotted line on Trace) which falls to the "Strone Point" from the north-eastern conical point of "Castle Hill", on which the Trigl. [Trigonometrical] |
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[Page] 40Co. [County] Dumbarton -- Kirkintilloch Parish
"Strone, A hill that terminates a range,
the end of a ridge. Jamieson.
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