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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HECKENBOIS PATH | Heckenbois-path Heckenbois-path Heckenbois-path Heckenbois-path Heckenbois-path |
Forfarshire Illustrated Old Statute Acct. [Account] Mr. Mathew, Wright, Bonnington Mr. Arith Smith Bonnington Mr. James Taylor Balcathie |
045 | [Situation] Crossing Kelly Moor. The track of an old path or road through the muir at the north end of this parish, said to have been formed by Hector Boethius the Scottish Historian. This track was pounted out by Mr. Mathew, Wright, Bonnington, who has been many years in the locality, and posseses a good knowledge of the ground. It commences at an old road South of the Rottenraw Burn, and extends northwards through Kellymuir, terminating at the parish boundary, a short distance east of Hunters Path farm house. The track at its Southern end and along the greater part of its course, is distinct and readily observable, being generally about 12 links wide; but along other parts, its course is not readily detected, near its northern end, it runs for a short distance through arable land, where all marks of the old path are obliterated. The name as supplied, (pronounced Eck-en-bow) is known to the old residenters of the neighbourhood, and parish generally. Hector Boethius, or Boyce, the Scottish historian, referred to above, was born in Dundee in about 1465 and died 1536. |
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[Note]
Although all the authorities above quoted appears to spell
the name with a hyphen yet it is evidently not according
to the general mode of spelling such names - as it is the
name of a path or road tis plain that the word "Path"
should not be joined to the other part of the name.
"It is confidently reported that a road was made
through part of this parish by Hector Boethius the
Scotch historian which still bears his name though
somewhat corrupted. It is called Heckenbois-path."
Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Vol. [Volume] 3 p. [page] 477
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