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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
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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