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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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CAIRN [Law Head] | Cairn Cairn Cairn |
Mr. Nichols Mr. Ballingal Mr. Ingles |
024 | [Situation] On the summit of Law Head. On the Summit of Law Head there is a mound of Earth called a Cairn. Mr. Nichols of Markinch Says that a Stone Coffin Containing Human bones was found there about 40 years ago. |
PARLEY BRAE | Parley Brae Parley Brae Parley Brae |
Mr. Ballingal Mr. Hutchison Mr. Aitken |
024 | [Situation] ⅜ Mile S. [South] of Markinch. An elevation in the public road from Lady's Square to Markinch near Sythrum and immediately North of a wooden bridge over the River Leven. |
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[Page] 33 Plan 24A Markinch ParishNote: "About 7 years ago on the Headlaw, between Markinch and Balgonie, a Coffin
was found of adquate form, made of four unhewn Slabs of freestone, Set edgeways
and covered with a broad Stone of the Same kind, upon which was laid a large
unformed mass of Stone, and above all, a heap or Cairn of Small Stones. The
bones enclosed in it were Calcined." Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]
Note: Brae - the declivity of a hill. Jameson
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