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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Cairn Cairn
Cairn
Cairn
Mr. Buchanan Wester Cameron
Rev. [Reverend] Alexander Lochore
James McNair Esqr. Aucheneck
026.02 A large Cairn of stones on the west side of Stockie Muir. Mr. Buchanan is of the opinion that it is one of the same as that one he removed about 30 years ago containing the Stone Coffins. see trace 5 of 20-14. "About ½ mile northwest of a very fantastical basaltic rock called Wanzie in the parish of Killearn, there is, on the farm of Finnich-Tenant in the parish of Drymen, a sepulchral cairn, about 20 paces long and 10 broad. A row of Kist-vaens, or Stone Coffins, seems to form the body of the tumulus, and is covered with a very large heap of great stones, obviously rounded by attrition, and, therefore brought from some river, the nearest is the Burn of Carnock."
Nimmo's History of Stirling
The "Burn of Carnock" was the original name of the "Finnich-Glen Burn
Cairn Burn Cairn Burn
Cairn Burn
James McNair Esqr. of Aucheneck
John Graham Shepherd Aucheneck
026.02 A small stream or burn having its rise at the base of a hill called the Wangie or Wanzie in Killearn Ph. [Parish] and running North westerly to the "Finnich Glen Burn,

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Plan 26-2 -- Parish of Drymen -- Stirlingshire

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