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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARIAN TOWER | Marian Tower Marian Tower Marian Tower Marion Tower Marion Tower Marian Tower Marian Hill Tower Marian Hill Tower |
George McHaffie Esqr. Thomas McRobert Thomas McClure McNeill Card Esqr. William Crichton Drumdow Alexander McNeil Esqr. Michael Wallace Inscription on Tower |
009 | [Situation] on Craigengerroch Hill 1 1/2 miles N E [North East] from Mains of Airies A plain Circular Stone building or Tower about 15 feet high and about 25 feet in circumference built by Colonel Ross late of Balsarroch The inscription Marian Hills [1802] is on a Stone of this Building it appears it had been built by the abovementioned gentleman to the Memory of his wife |
| BRUNTSHANK | Brunt Shank Brunt Shank Brunt Shank Bruntshank |
Thomas McClure Alexander Craig McNeill Card Esqr. George McHaffie Esqr. |
009 | [Situation] About 1 1/2 miles E. n. E. [East north East] from Mains of Airies A labourer's Cottage on the farm of Drumdow There is no land attached to it. It is said to have taken its name from a Small piece on which it is built the Surface soil of which had been burnt to bring it into a State of Cultivation |
| CRAIGBELL | Craigbell Craigbell Craigbell |
Thomas McClure Alexander Hannay George McHaffie Esqr. |
009 | [Situation] 10 chains W. S. W. [West South West] from Bruntshank A ruin of a Small farm house which had formerly 90 acres of land attached it is not occupied there 8 years. it is the property of the Earl of Stair |
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