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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARNS | Barns Barns Barns Barns |
Mr. William Tosh, Farmer Thirdpart Mr. Robert Duncan KirKmay Rev. [Reverend] William Merson Crail Johnston's Co. [County] Map |
020 | [Situation] About 1⅛ Miles S.W. [South West] from Crail Church. This was once the Mansion House of the Cunninhams of Barns. Now it is partly in Ruins and occupied by farm servants, on the farm of Thirdpart. The tennant of the Barns is Mr. ToSh, Farmer Thirdpart. It is in the possession of Thomson Paul W.S. [Writer to the Signet] Edinburgh. Drummond of Hawthornden, the poet, is Supposed to have Composed his Polemo Meddinia, here, when on A visit to the Cunninghams about the year 1620. |
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[Page] 25Parish of Crail Plan 20B. Trace 7
"At the Southern extremity of this parish an old house with vaulted Cellars And rooms above Occupied by farm Servants is the chief remains of the extensive mansion of the Cunninghams of Barns. Here about 1620 the poet and historian Drummond of Hawthornden is understood to have written his Celebrated Polemo Meddinia or Battle of the Dunghill a humourous poem in Doggerel Latin giving a Satirical description of a real or imaginary quarrel between the Lady of Barns and one of her neighbours. Here he turned that byre (which he afterwards addressed in melancholy Strains) to the full enjoyment of a lively imagination and buoyant spirits", &c.
In process of time the estate of Barns passed into another family and is now the property of Robert Anstruthr Esqr. of Caipley." Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Fife 1845 page 946
[signed] James Ireland c/a [Civilian Assistant] 5th July 1853
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