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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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BIRNIES BOWROCK | Birnies Bourok Birnies Bourok Birnies Bourok |
Alexander Tod Cardon William Lithgow Adam White |
015 | [Situation] About 3/8 of a Mile S.W. [South West] of Cardon Hill This name applies to a Pile or Cairn of Stones about five feet high; Situated on the Parish Boundary between Glenholm and Kilbucho, a short distance East from where it Joins the County Boundary - on the Water line between Cardon and Chapelgill Hills. The Origin of the name is not Known. |
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[page] 36Parish of Kilbucho
Sheet 15 No. 14 -- Trace 1
[Note] -- Bowrock-- A Pile of Stones, a Confused heap of any Kind -- Jamieson's Scott. Dicty [Scottish Dictionary]
"Scawdmans Law" is written further down the page.
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