Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Guynd, The

Guynd, The, an elegant mansion in Carmyllie parish, SE Forfarshire, near the left bank of Elliot Water, 5 miles W by N of Arbroath. It is the seat of the widow of James Alexander Pierson, Esq. (1800-73), who held 1486 acres in the shire, valued at £2093 per annum. The Den of Guynd here contains a pretty strong chalybeate spring and vestiges of an ancient camp.—Ord. Sur., sh. 49, 1865.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "an elegant mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Carmyllie ScoP       Angus ScoCnty

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