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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEWHALL HOUSE on the Site of Convent | Newhall House Newhall House Newhall House |
R Brown Esqre Mr. Brown MonKs Burn Cottage Illustration of the Scenery of the Gentle Shepherd |
017 | [Situation] About ¾ Mile S. [South] by W. from Nine Mile Burn A handsome Mansion house partly of the Modern Style of Architecture ornamented by Towers and buttresses but a great part of the building is of the plain Style. A Small but handSome demesne which Surrounds the house together with a wooded glen on its South Side thro, [through] which the EsK runs add greatly to the beauty of the Place. And is Stated to have the Scene of Ramsays celebrated pastoral Poem, "The Gentle Shepherd" The house is Said to be erected On the Site of An Ancient Monastery and to have belonged to the Crichton Family early in the 16th Century. An obelisK was erected by the late proprietor in a field a Short distance west of the house to the Memory of his Grandfather. And South west from thence is a plain Tombstone which MarKs the place where the late Mr. Brown And Some others of the family are Intered. It is the property And Residence of R Brown Esqre |
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