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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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GARPEL BURN | Garpel Burn Garpel Burn Garpel Burn Garpel Burn |
James Barbour James Foulds John McCaul Ainslies Map 1820 |
016 | [Situation] Running in a Southerly forming part of the the Boundary between Balmaclellan & Dalry. A Considerable Burn taking rise on the farms of [Holmehead] & Regland in the parish of [Dalry] and running in a Southerly [direction] forming the Boundary line [between] the parishes of Balmaclellan and Dalry to its Confluence [with] the Water of Ken a short [distance] below Garpel Bridge, in [and] adjacent to the Margin of this [burn] are numerous Objects which [are] separate and independent [nature] such as Holly Linn, Holy Croft all see their respective descriptions in adjoining Sheets: The Garpel Meanders through a very [romantic] Glen Called "Holme Glen" which each is well ornamented with plantations &c, and during the [Scottish] persecution, It was a favourite hiding place or Covert for the [Covenanters] & also it is handed down by tradition as being the haunt of Witches & other [Demons] |
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