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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOAR STANE | Boar Stane Boar Stane Boar Stane |
Mr Thomas Brock Barbauchlaw Mains Mr Thomas Harvie Barbauchlaw Mill Mr D. Jardine Blackridge |
008 | [Situation] About 32 Chains SW by W. [South West by West] of Barbauchlaw Mains. This is a huge boulder part of which only is above the surface, It is 25 links long & 22 in width and the highest part is about 3 feet, it is situated a chain and a half S. [South] of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Road Opposite to Barbauchlaw Row - The Current tradition respecting this Stone and the Origin of the name "Barbachlaw" is as follows- Considerably above a century since a wild boar infested this neighbourhood and though often hunted always escaped his pursuers, at last it was decided on to destroy the Savage brute at all hazards; the chase began but the boar distanced them all with the exception of one man a weaver, who managed to Keep [continued over] |
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[page] 11Ph [Parish] of Bathgate -- S. [Sheet] 8. No. 8 -- Trace 2
[Note] -- It is evident that the tradition told in the Descriptive
Remarks respecting the origin of the name Barbauchlaw
is only a story invented in order to account for the name
it being unintelligible in the modern language of the
locality. It is plain that part of the name is Gaelic, i.e [that is]
Bar-Bauch, Bar, in Gaelic signifying Summit or hill
and "bauch", though at present rather unintelligible even
to a Gaelic scholar very likely meant the quality of
the thing, to which the Saxon people pleonastically added
their Saxon word "Law" which meant hill the same as
the Gaelic "Bar".- But the Stone no doubt may have
some connection with the boar chace of ancient
times. [initialled] J. C. [James Carpenter, Civilian Assistant]
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