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| Slamannan (Parish) (Continued) | [Continued from page 1] certain portion of the parish (then a moor), he enquired of the servant on his return how it would work, to which the answer was "It slay both man and mare". Others have supposed that, from its vicinity to the Caledonian Forest, it had often been the scene of conflict. In proof of which, there is a rising ground a little to the South of the Church, called Castle-hill, where a fort once stood, but of which no Vestige remains, excepting the farm-house which still goes by the name Castle-hill, and a little to the eastward of this hill there is another rising ground where there are still some remains of a trench, and which goes by the name of Kill-hills because of the numbers which were supposed to have been slain there. Besides there were adjacent to these two cones of earth about forty Yards separate, which are supposed to have been raised as monuments of peace, like the two at Dunipace. One of these still remains, and is evidently artificial; the other was levelled and the church of St Laurence built upon it; the former still goes by the name of the Moat. The names of these places, with others of similar import, such as Balcastle, Balquhatston, etc, confirm the belief that these grounds may have been the Arena of many a severe battle. In the Session records, the name is always spelt Slamanna, dropping the letter n. It is highly probable that the name is of Gaelic origin, purporting brown or grey or long heath, for the parish must have been originally covered with heath." "This parish is bounded on the West and South west by the parish of New Monkland; on the east and South east by the parish of Torphichen; and on the north and north east by Muiravonside and Falkirk. At the north west extremity there is a point where three Counties meet, viz [videlicet] Stirling, Dumbarton and Lanark; and on the south there is another point where the Counties of Stirling and Lanark meet with the county of Linlithgow." Statistical Account. There are no detached portions of this parish; nor are there any detached portions of any other parish situated within it. The parish Contains about 7148 Statute acres. |
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