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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GILFUMMAN | Gilfumman Gilfumman Gilfumman |
Land of the Lindsays James Mitchell, Glenmark Duncan Michie, Ground Officer |
006 | A rocky depression in the South side of Glen Mark commencing at Craig Breostock and terminating at the North extremity of "Craig of Drum". Cul. a recess. Remainder not known. |
| OLD MINE (Silver & Lead) [Gilfumman] | Old Mine (Silver - lead) | Land of the Lindsays James Mitchell, Glenmark Duncan Michie, Ground Officer |
006 | A narrow fissure in the rock of Gilfumman into which it penetrates about 30 yards, Mr. Jarvise in his "Land of the Lindsays gives the following note regarding this mine at the foot of Page 82 — "Mr. Edwards in his description of Angus in 1678 says — The great grandfather of the present proprietor of Edzell (Sir David Lindsay) discovered a mine of iron at "Dalbog" — This gentleman's grandson (John of Edzell) found some lead ore near Innermark which he refined, The son of this latter found a very rich mine of lead on the banks of the Mark about a mile up the valley from the Castle of Innermark, In a mountain of hard rock where eighteen miners are digging deeper every day they have come to a large vein of ore, which when the lead is extracted and properly refined, yields a sixty fourth part of Silver, This vein seems to be inexaustible," It was wrought from 1602 down to the close of the 17th. Century, Land of the Lindsays |
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[Page] 55Co. [County] Forfar -- Parish of Lochlee
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