OS1/17/52/68A

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Parish of Kirkhill -- Examiners replies to the underlined portions
Extracts from New Statistical -- [page]68a

Kirkhill consists of two united parishes, called Wardlaw and
Farnua. The name of the united parishes in in Gaelic is Cnoc-
mhoir, or "Mary's Hill." It is the same hill otherwise called -- Ward Law
Wardlaw, as this last name is expressive of its situation, so the former is -- written and described
of its dedication to the Virgin. In the neighbourhood it is called by
way of eminence, "the Hill:" hence the English translation of it
is Kirkhill.
The river Beauly runs along the north west boundary of the -- Described
parish for about 2 or 3 miles. it is navigable at high water.
by ships of about 50 tons burden, so far as the village of Beauly
On the north it is bounded by the river Beauly and the Moray Frith -- Written and
The mansion houses in the parish are those of Newton, Lentram, -- described
Auchnagairn, Fingask, Reclick. That part of Bunchrew
of Culloden is not at present inhabited by the family.
On the farm of Wester Lovat, ther are about 50 acres, yielding the -- Vide [See] Name Sheets
finest crops of corn, which used, not many years ago, to be covered
by the tide. There is a chalybeate spring at Auchnagairn -- Vide [See] Name Sheets
Names from Old Statistical Account
Kirkhill Parish
Wardlaw or Mary's Hill, on which the ancient parish church was built in the year 1210 -- Vide [See] Name Sheets
River Beuly
Moray Frith
Auchna gairn Here is a chalybeate spring
There are the remains of two Druidical temples but they are much defaced. -- Now totally destroyed
In the moor between Achnagairn and the ferry of Beuly, through -- Vide [See] Name Sheets
which the public road goes to the northern counties, are many small -- and the site could not be identified on the ground.
tumuli of earth mixed with stones. The tradition is, that some of --These cannot be identified
the neighbouring clans having made a sudden irruption into the
country, in the spring, when the people were employed at their ploughs;
these having no time to provide themselves with arms, unloosed the oxen,
took the yokes in their hands, and with this armour fell upon the enemy
with determined fury, so that numbers were killed upon both sides.
The

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