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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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Buchanan Castle (Continued | 020.02 | [continued from page 191] giving the distances from the spot to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dumbarton & Stirling as written on Examination Trace. The kitchen garden & vinery of Buchanan, east of the Castle, on same Trace, is extensive. The policies of the Castle extend southwards, across the Endrick to Kilmaronock Parish, & eastwards to Drymen Ph. [Parish] |
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Mill Burn | Mill Burn Mill Burn Mill Burn Mill Burn Burn of Blar an Uruisge |
A. Menzies Shepherd J. Taylor Overseer W. Graham, Drymen Dr. [Doctor] McFarlane W. Jolly Esq. Factor |
020.02 | This Burn rises in the moors of Drymen near the eastern Boundary of Buchanan and after a short course forms the Parish Boundary which it leaves and enters the parish of Drymen near Coldrach (14-14 Trace 2). It again forms the Boundary of the Parish from the foot of "Ballyconachy Loan" (Trace 2, 20-2) to its junction with Endrick, taking the name "Mill Burn" from a mill which stood in the field east of and adjoining "Ballyconachy Loan" in Drymen Parish. Burn of Blar an Uruisge, signifying the plain of the Brownie, as authorised by Mr. Jolly may have been the old name but it not now known except as Mill Burn which it bears from the Mill Park to Endrick. The upper part of this Burn is not known by any name being recognised with the names of Farms it passes. |
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[Page] 192Co. [County] Stirling -- Buchanan Parish
[Signed]
John Bayly
Major R.E. [Royal Engineers]
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Alison James- Moderator, Gerald Cummins
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