>From: "Ian Edwards" <ian.edwards2@virgin.net> >Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 16:45:58 -0000 > >"Mains of Caldhame" is now just plain old "Caldhame" on the B974 road >between Luthermuir and the Luther Water. > >I suspect that "Muirton of Inglismaldie" is no more and is under the pine >trees planted within Muirton Plantation by the Forestry Commission. That >ground used to be moor (or muir) land until they planted thousands of trees >on it. > In that case, it might be worth spending an afternoon going over the 19th century OS map of the parish, to be found here http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ There's also the National Library's map collection here http://www.nls.uk/ According to the 1845 Statistical Account for Marykirk, Inglismaldie is/was one of the seats of the Earl of Kintore. The author comments that it has not been occupied for some time, but is in tolerable repair.... The estate was obviously active, he refers to a home farm, amd Muirton may have also been part of the estate - it should at least give you a reasonable target for your map searching. It would also be worth taking a look at the SA, here http://stat-acc-scot.edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/stat-acc-scot.asp. You don't need to register to get access to the text, just the word-by-word search engine. Lesley Robertson _________________________________________________________________ MSN Search, for accurate results! http://search.msn.nl