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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CARLIN'S CAIRN Carlin's Cairn
Carlin's Cairn
Carlin's Cairn
Carline's Cairn
Peter Kelly
John McCutcheon
Ainslies Map. 1820
Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] 1845
008 [Situation] 2 Miles N.W by W [North West by West] of Loch Harrow.

A large Mountain of high elevation or a range of hills & is part of the farms of Castlemaddy and Lochhead, its surface consists of rocky pasture, its Eastern & Western sides are very precipitous and are respectively called Castlemaddy Gairy &. Loch Head Gairy. On the summit of this Mountain is an ancient cairn or tumulus, from which the hill took the name, and in the centre of the Cairn is a Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station called by Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Party "Carlins Cairn"

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Parish of Carsphairn
- Form 136 Page 42 -- Carlin's Cairn

[Note] Carlin, An old woman,
A witch, &c.
Jamieson's Dictionary

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