Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONGCRAIG QUARRIES (Limestone) | Long Craigs. Longcraig Quarries Longcraig Quarries. Longcraig Quarries Longcraig Quarries |
Estate Plan. Mr. Howden. Mr. Bruce. Swan Plan 1815. Mr. Skinner. |
016 | [situation] 1 3/4 miles S.W. [South West] of Strathmiglo. A long range of Limestone Quarries on the North brow of the Lomond Hills - sand Stone is also procured here - the name also applies to the ledge of rocks running parallel to the Quarries. |
| CORSTON MILL (Corn) | Corston Mill Corston Mill Corston Mill Courstoun Mill |
Mr. Skinner Mr. Troup. Mr. Reid. Leightons. Hist. [History] of Fife. |
016 | [situation] 3/4 miles S.W. by W. [South West by West] of Strathmiglo. A corn mill with farm house an offices situated on the north side of the Eden, by whose water the machiney is worked, a short distance west of this mill is Mearlsford where Colonel Miller supposes a great battle was fought between the Romans and the Scots. Although this may have been the case - still there is not sufficient [obscured] to warrant the site of the battle to appear on the Ordnance Plans. |
| Supposed Site of BATTLE OF MONS GRAMPIUS [sic] [Merlsford] | Mearlsford. | 016 | a short distance west of this (Corston) mill is Mearlsford where Colonel Miller supposes a great battle was fought between the Romans and the Scots. Although this may have been the case - still there is not sufficient [obscured] to warrant the site of the battle to appear on the Ordnance Plans. "Without giving any opinion on the subject, we have given a short abstract of Colonel Millars paper on the battle of Mons Grampius and have shortly stated the grounds on which he conceives this Parish to have been its site. The...." |
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4 Strathmiglo Parish.
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties, OS Name Books - Fife and Kinross county - Volume 27 - Parishes of Abernethy, Auchtermuchty, Falkland and Strathmiglo, OS1/13/27
This volume contains information on the place names found in the parishes of Abernethy, Auchtermuchty, Falkland, and Strathmiglo.
Ordnance Survey - Fife and Kinross counties
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the counties of Fife in the east of Scotland and Kinross in central Scotland. The boundaries of these counties were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.
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