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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
DYSART HOUSE Dysart House
Dysart House
Dysart House
Mr Baines
Factor Estate Map
Revd [Reverend] William Muir
037 [situation] At the S. [South] side of the town of Dysart.
A plain Commodious mansion the residence of the Rt. Honble. [Right Honourable] the Earl of Rosslyn, it is situate at the west end of the town of Dysart and commands an extensive view of the Forth. The ornamental ground and gardens are very tastefully laid out.
THREE TREES OF DYSART Three Trees of Dysart
Three Trees of Dysart
Three Trees of Dysart
Three Trees of Dysart
Estate Map
Mr Baines Factor
Revd [Reverend] William Muir
Mr Laing
037 [situation] Near the N.E. [Northeast] side of Pathhead.
New Statl. [Statistical] Account p 134 Vol 9
"Near the castle of Ravenscraig three old trees stood together respecting which two traditions have been handed down. The one is that three brothers of the Sinclair family had encountered each other there during the night, that mistaking each other for robbers they fell by each others hands, that they were buried there, that the three trees were planted on their graves. The other is that all the ground around Dysart had originally been under wood and that when the wood was cleared away these three trees were left...

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