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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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STUCKGOWN HOUSE | Stuckgown House Stuckgown House Stuckgown House Stuckgoun House |
James McMerrich, Proprietor Valuation Roll Johnston's County Map Rev [Reverend] Dr. [Doctor] McFarlane Tombstone in Churchyd [Churchyard] (date 1802) |
008 | A good mansion house situated in a beautiful and romantic position at the side of Loch Lomond. There are good offices and a small portion of ornamental ground attached. The method of spelling the name now chiefly used, is Stuckgown. Both names are corrupted from the true Gaelic. It is the property of James McMerrich. |
STUCKGOWN BURN | Stuckgown Burn Stuckgown Burn Stuckgown Burn Stuckgoun Burn |
James McMerrich Alexander Dewar, Ph. [Parish] Schoolmaster Donald McGibbon, Stuckivoulich Rev [Reverend] Dr. [Doctor] McFarlane |
008 | A good stream rising on the side of "Ben Reach" and pursuing a direct though rugged course, passes through the beautiful and romantic glen south of "Stuckgown House". In its passage through the glen it falls over a number of waterfalls and finally empties itself into "Loch Lomond" at the Lodge to "Stuckgown House". |
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[Page] 11County Dumbarton
[Below entry for Stuckgown House:]
Stùc, or Stuchd, - A little hill jutting out
from a greater. &c.
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Alison James- Moderator, CorrieBuidhe- Moderator
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