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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DERGIE | Dergie Dergie Dergie Dergo |
W. Spalding J. Moncrieff W. Watson Stobie's Co. [County] Map |
088 | [Situation] In the eastern side of the parish. A Group of Cottars houses on the estate of Mylnefield, on the West Side of the Old Church of Invergowrie. |
| GOWS OF GOWRIE | Gows of Gowrie Gows of Gowrie |
Robert Smith, Station-master, Invergowrie W. Watson |
088 | Two boulder-stones which lie about a chain below the tide mark, near Invergowrie Church in a portion of the River Tay now almost cut off by the Perth and Dundee Railway and which are viewed with superstitious reverence on account of a prophetic distich referring to them by Thomas of Ercildoune popularly known as Thomas the Rhymer who lived in the latter part of the 13th. Century - The lines are "When the Gows of Gowrie come to land, The day of judgement's nears at hand". The are of uneven shape, about 4 feet long and 2½ broad and high; and about 350 feet separate from each other. The western one marks a bend in the boundary between the Parishes of Longforgan and Liff & Benvie. The origin or meaning of the name cannot be discovered. |
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[Page] 52Parish of Liff & Bervie Co. [County] Perth -- Sheet 88 No. 3 Trace 4
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Alison James- Moderator, Brenda Pollock
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