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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KILPATRICK HILLS | Kilpatrick Hills Kilpatrick Hills Kilpatrick Hills Kilpatrick Hills |
New Statl. [Statistical] Account Fullarton's Gazetteeer Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Reid O. [Old] Kilpatrick Lord Blantyre |
022 ; 023 | "The Kilpatrick Hills or braes disjoined from the Campsie Fells by a gap of 3 or 4 miles in width making way for the Blane with its beautiful strath & for the black watered Allander, lie partly in this Ph. [Parish]. These hills range from east to west terminating abruptly with Dumbuck near Dumbarton. Their greatest height is 1200 feet, & from them the Parish slopes on one hand with a southern exposure towards the Clyde, and on another towards the valley of the Allander & Kelvin in the South East, the descent being broken by a succession of undulations" New Statl. [Statistical] Account. The above description is very correct & corresponds with the understood application of the Name - the hills of the Parishes of New & Old Kilpatrick, Dumbuck being in the Old Ph. [Parish], the western termination, [Continued on page 10] |
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[Page] 9Co. [County] Dumbarton & Stirling -- New Kilpatrick Parish
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Alison James- Moderator, eAndrew McEwan
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