OS1/32/14/31
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gargunnock Burn | Gargunnock Burn | R G Moir Esqr. Revd [Reverend] John Stark Mr William Jamieson |
009.16 ; 016.04 ; 016.07 ; 016.08 | A wild mountain stream. It takes its rise in the Gargunnock Hills and after a course of about five miles it falls into the Forth a little below the Suspension Bridge. It turns one Corn and Flour Mill in its course. There are several very fine Cascades on it the principal of which is Downie's Leap so called from the fact of a man of that name having attempted to leap immediately across the chasm through which it falls and lost his life in the attempt; it is about forty feet high and quite perpendicular. The bed of the stream is rocky and course rapid; and is said to contain fine trout. |
| Downie's Loup | Downie's Loup | R G Moir Esqr. Revd [Reverend] J Stark Mr William Jamieson |
016.04 | There are several very fine Cascades on it [Gargunnock Burn] the principal of which is Downie's Leap so called from the fact of a man of that name having attempted to leap immediately across the chasm through which it falls and lost his life in the attempt; it is about forty feet high and quite perpendicular. |
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[Page] 31Gargunnock Parish
[Below entry for Downie's Loup:]
The examiner states that it was a mistake of his to write
Leap instead of Loup which is the Scotticism for Leap
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Alison James- Moderator, kiwiwoman
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