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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOODBUSH HILL | Goodbush Hill Goodbush Hill Goodbush Hill |
John Craig High Plewland James Stewart Lambhill John Fleming Laigh Plewland |
036 | This is an eminence on the moors SE [South East] of the head of the stream called Back Burn There is a Trig [Trigonometrical] station on its summit, a few chains south of which the parishes of Lesmahagow Muirkirk and Strathaven meet. |
| MONUMENT [Auchingilloch] | Monument Monument Monument |
John Craig High Plewland James Stewarrt Lambhill John Fleming Laigh Plewland |
036 | This monument is of hewn sandstone about 10ft [feet] in height situated on a small knole on the moors near Auchingilloch Glen. The following is the inscription. Erected by their countrymen in memory of the presbytarians in Scotland who were frequently compelled to seek safety from persecution in the reigns of Chas [Charles] 2nd [second] and James 2nd [second] by holding their meetings for preaching the gospel and other religious purposes in this sequestered [?] place. This monument which was generously executed by the gratuitous labours of a few friends of the Scottish reformation, was occasioned by a sermon delivered here on Sabbath 6th July 1834 by the Revr [Reverend] William Logan Lesmahagow from Rev. [Revelations] 7.14. These are they which came out of great tribulation and have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb. |
| MOSSLINGAL | Mosslingal Mosslingal Mosslingal |
William Craig Bankend John Craig High Plewland John Fleming Laigh Plewland |
036 | This is a piece of heathy pasture lying between Woollen Burn and Big Dry Cleugh Burn in the south western part of the parish. |
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