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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEPPING STONES OF GLEN | Stepping Stones of Glenterra Stepping Stones of Glenterra Stepping Stones of Glenterrow Stepping Stones of Glentirrow Stepping Stones of Glentirrow Glenterro |
Statistical Acct [Account] 1841 W. Douglas John Douglas Mr. George Guthrie George McHaffie Esqr. Ainslie's Map 1782 |
017 | [Situation] 2 1/2 Miles SW [South West] of Newluce & 1/3 Mile N.W. [North West] of Glenwhan Loch. A line of stones laid down apparently as Steps. "What are called "the Stepping Stones of Glenterra" are not a little curious. About three feet deep, in a peat moss, there is a regular file of Stepping Stones extending about a quarter of a mile. These must have been placed to form a passage through a swamp previous to the growth of the peat moss". Statistical Acct [Account] of Wigtonshire p. [page] 85. A light covering of Moss appears to have accumulated over these stones which appears only as the Moss becomes cut away for Fuel. they appear to be about 100 lbs [pounds] weight each and the moss at present is only about 18 Inches deep. - |
| CAIRN 0' GLENTIRROW | Cairn Kilvie or White Cairn Cairn Kilvie or White Cairn Cairn O'Glentirrow Cairn O'Glentirrow |
John Douglas Alexander McKenzie James McCulloch John McMicking |
017 | [Situation] 1/4 Mile East of Pirnwhirrie The site of an ancient Cairn on the right of the Road from New Luce to Stranraer. it is a well Known spot and is generally known as the Cairn O'Glentirrow. Although Mr. Douglas of Auchmantle gives the name as "Cairn Kilvie" from a Map of the Western part of Wigtownshire |
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[Page] 18Parish of Inch
Form 136
Page 44 - Stepping Stones of Glentirrow
23- Cairn O'Glentirrow
The "Stepping Stones of Glentirrow"
These would not strike any observer of
the present day as an antiquity, the soil
upon which the few shown on the Ordnance
plan, being stones. The peat does not appear to have grown to any very
great height above them but of
this those who removed the
Peat can better speak.
Int W.D.G. [Initialed William Driscoll Gosset]
Lt R.E. [Lieutenant Royal Engineers]
12.3.47 [12th March 1847]
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