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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOAR STANE | Boar Stane Boar Stane Boar Stane |
Mr Thomas Brock Barbauchlaw Mains Mr Thomas Harvie Barbauchlaw Mill Mr D. Jardine Blackridge |
008 | [Situation] About 32 Chains SW by W. [South West by West] of Barbauchlaw Mains. This is a huge boulder part of which only is above the surface, It is 25 links long & 22 in width and the highest part is about 3 feet, it is situated a chain and a half S. [South] of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Road Opposite to Barbauchlaw Row - The Current tradition respecting this Stone and the Origin of the name "Barbachlaw" is as follows- Considerably above a century since a wild boar infested this neighbourhood and though often hunted always escaped his pursuers, at last it was decided on to destroy the Savage brute at all hazards; the chase began but the boar distanced them all with the exception of one man a weaver, who managed to Keep [continued over] |
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Ph [Parish] of Bathgate -- S. [Sheet] 8. No. 8 -- Trace 2
[Note] -- It is evident that the tradition told in the Descriptive
Remarks respecting the origin of the name Barbauchlaw
is only a story invented in order to account for the name
it being unintelligible in the modern language of the
locality. It is plain that part of the name is Gaelic, i.e [that is]
Bar-Bauch, Bar, in Gaelic signifying Summit or hill
and "bauch", though at present rather unintelligible even
to a Gaelic scholar very likely meant the quality of
the thing, to which the Saxon people pleonastically added
their Saxon word "Law" which meant hill the same as
the Gaelic "Bar".- But the Stone no doubt may have
some connection with the boar chace of ancient
times. [initialled] J. C. [James Carpenter, Civilian Assistant]
Ordnance Survey - West Lothian county, OS Name Books - West Lothian county - Volume 7 - Parish of Bathgate, OS1/34/7
This volume contains information on place names found in the West Lothian parish of Bathgate.
Ordnance Survey - West Lothian 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 West Lothian, which is in central Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.