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Ordnance Survey - Stirling county, OS Name Books - Stirling county - Volume 6 - Parish of Buchanan, OS1/32/6

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Stirlingshire

[Note under Rob Roy's Cave:]
"Robert Macgregor, better known as Rob Roy (Red Rob) was proprietor
of Inversnaid in Glenarklet. A cave bearing his name is still shown
in that neighbourhood; but it has no other claim to notoriety, being merely
the intestices between huge loose rocks, & well adapted for temporary con-
cealment to an outlaw." New Stat: [Statistical] Account.

[Note below Leacann Iasgaire:]
"Leacann Iasgaire", Fisherman's Steep; G [Gaelic]
Leacann The side of a steep hill shelving. gd. [ground]

Ordnance Survey - Stirling county, OS Name Books - Stirling county - Volume 6 - Parish of Buchanan, OS1/32/6

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Buchanan.

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.

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