Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craigmaddie Muir | Craigmaddie Muir Craigmaddie Muir Craigmaddie Muir Craigmaddie Muir Craigmaddie Muir |
Valuation Roll New Statistical Account J. Mann Parish Schoolmaster James McOrnie Revd. [Reverend] John Gillison F.C. [Free Church] Minister |
027.15 | "Tradition says that in this place called Craigmaddie Muir, a battle was fought with the Danes." Old Statl [Statistical] Account. There is nothing but tradition for the above Account of the Muir, which intelligent Authorities have read in works &c. of the Parish. The present extent to which the Name applies is small, but there is, upon the authorities quoted, no doubt that the Name formerly Comprehended the Plantation of Craigmaddie as well as "Blairskaith Muir" - the eastern & western bounds. On the north it is bounded by the Parishes of Campsie & Strathblane, & on the south by the arable ground adjoining. The Name is widely known particularly in Connexion with the Druidical Stones known as the "Auld Wife's Lift". |
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Co. [County] Stirling -- Baldernock Parish
[Sketch of rocks comprising Auld Wife's Lift}
Auld Wife's Lift
See other Side [page 8]
JB
Major
"On the farm of Blochairn, are several oblong and Circular Cairns, memo-
rials of ancient feuds, where, tradition says, in a battle with the Danes,
one of their princes was slain. These cairns consist of heaps of loose stones
thrown on a circumference, sometimes of eighty yards, beneath which are
parallel rows of flags upon edge three of four feet wide, and divided into cells,
six or seven feet long lidded with flags, and some of them contain when opened,
large coarse urns, with pieces of human bones." (New Stat Act [Statistical Account])
Ordnance Survey - Stirling county, OS Name Books - Stirling county - Volume 3 - Parish of Baldernock, OS1/32/3
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Baldernock.
Ordnance Survey - Stirling county
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 county of Stirling, which is in central Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.