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Gonachan, a hamlet and a burn in Fintry parish, Stirlingshire. The hamlet lies at the mouth of the burn, 5 furlongs E by S of Fintry church. The burn, rising near the watershed of Campsie Fells, at an altitude of 1550 feet, close to the boundary with Campsie parish, runs 37/8. miles north-eastward to Endrick Water at the hamlet.—Ord. Sur., shs. 30, 31, 1866-67.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a burn" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Fintry Parish Stirlingshire County |
| Place: | Gonachan |
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