Parish of Dunsyre
including the village of Dunsyre.
DUNSYRE, village and parish in upper ward of Lanarkshire. The village stands 6½ miles east of Carnwath, and has a post office under Dolphinton, a railway station, a parochial church, and a public school. The parish is 6 miles long and 5 miles broad, and comprises 10,743 acres. Real property in 1880-81, £5974. Pop. 254. Most of the surface lies higher than 700 feet above sea-level, and a steep hill on it rises to the height of 1813 feet. Only about 3000 acres are arable, and a large extent is wild moor. The parish was traversed by a Roman road, retains traces of it, and was a retreat of the Covenanters. The Gazetteer of Scotland, by Rev John Wilson, 1882
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