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MOUNTBLOW (Continued) Mountblow (continued 023 [continued from page 111]
the following account of this stone. "At Sandyford near the village of Kilpatrick before the Road was repaired, & before a bridge for horses & carriages was built over the burn there, a large stone, supposed to have been an obelisk, intended to commemorate some remarkable event, had been taken from near the Roman Wall, where it is said it had stood & was used by the country people as a bridge for foot passengers. It is now in possession of Mr Donald of Mountblow and resembles the ancient obelisks near Brechin called the Danish stones of Aberlemno."
Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]
"In the garden of Mountblow, the residence of W. Dunn Esq. there is a monumental cross. It is of the style so prevalent in the West of Scotland especially in Cantyre & the Hebrides, of the twelfth century." New Statl [Statistical] Account.
Upon the authority of Mr Patterson of Mountblow this stone is the same that was over the Burn at Sandyford, which was removed & placed in the garden of Mountblow at the time mentioned on the other side - a century ago, by a former proprietor, Provost Donald.

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Co. [County] Dumbarton -- Old Kilpatrick Parish

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