OS1/32/16/3
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| KILSYTH (parish) | Kilsyth Parish Continued | [Continued from page 2] Continued is still pointed out at Old Place and the "Gallow Hill," an eminence not far distant, is shown as the spot where they caused offenders against the laws to be executed, Another eminence on the Barr Wood called the Court Hill is still known as the place where they held their courts. The house where Cromwell slept on his passage to Stirling is still to be seen at Arnbrae. The vault in the Churchyard is of great age but the principal cause of its celebrity is its containing the embalmed remains of Viscountess Dundee. The Battle betwixt the Royalists and Covenanters, fought in 1645, and at which the latter were so signally defeated, was fought where the Reservoir now is, and, the Encampment of the Marquis of Montrose, though now scarcely to be seen is still pointed out on the rising ground above "Colzium House. There are several Springs of pure water in the Parish but the only one known to be celebrated in Ancient times is "St. Ninians," near "Brockieside" The most perfect remnant of antiquity in the Parish is a Pictish Fort at Balcastle of nearly Circular shape which remains in an excellent state of preservation,. The Cave on the East side of the "Garrel Burn", and used by the covenanters as a place of concealment and bearing date 1669, is still in a tolerably good Condition. There is no portion of this parish detached; nor any portion of any other parish contained within the proper boundary of this parish. |
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[Page] 3Co [County] Stirling -- Ph [Parish] Kilsyth
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