OS1/26/3/56B

Continued entries/extra info

[page] 56B

Left margin: and the Osmund Stone
"reddish colour, and laminated structure; and is often the
matrix of lead. This circumstance, joined with other signs
render it probable, that there are silver & lead in this part of
the parish.- There are also found large masses of the
Osmund, which seems to be a volcanic production. It
stands the strongest heat without renting, for which
it is used in building ovens & other furnaces".

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[Left margin] Antiquities.
"Upon the banks of the Cart, a few miles from it's source
there is still standing a part of the walls of the Castle of
Punoon or Poinon. Sir John Montgomerie of Eaglesham
at the Battle of Otterburne, in 1388, took Henry Piercy
(the famous hotspur) prisoner, with his own hand, and
with the ransom or poind money, built that Castle
whence its name is derived"
[Left margin] Old Chapel.
"An old popish chapel, a very diminutive place, was
used for public worship, till within these two years
when Lord Eglinton, much to his honour, erected a
most elegant church, of an octagonal form, and
fitted it up in the best manner."