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Lawthorn history
Lawthorn hamlet
Lawthorn Cottage had joiner’s workshop with a John Highet as tenant in 1855–1857 . The hamlet was subsumed into the village of Perceton by 1895 and lost much of its identity .
Barony of Stane
The lordship of Stonanrig or Stane extended to circa 300 acres . It was first recorded as being held by “William Frawnces of le Stane” in 1417 .
Etymology
The term ‘Thorn’ in Lawthorn may derive from ‘torn, thorn, a tower’, as in Jocks-Thorn on Cumbrae and in Kilmaurs, “alias Jock-Torn”; and head, an eminence; hence tower-hill” ‘Thorns’ occurs in words meaning ‘assembly’, ‘meeting place’ and ‘piece of land’
Lawthorn Mount
Lawthorn Mount or ‘The Thorn’ is a scheduled monument classified as “Prehistoric ritual and funerary” Regarded as a large and prehistoric cairn or barrow, a type of tumulus, a burial mound dating within the time period approximately 1300–700 BC, the Bronze Age .
Coal mining
The Glasgow and South Western Railway (Perceton Branch) ran from north to south through the area passing close to Littlestane . This was purely a standard gauge mineral line used to transport coal from the nearby collieries . Sections of the route are now used by pedestrians and cyclists .
Lawthorn Wood
This woodland is a Scottish Wildlife Trust nature reserve and is a small, mature deciduous woodland . The tall canopy is now dominated by ash trees, with some beech and sycamore . The elm trees that were once common have died through Dutch elm disease have been left .
The Farms of Lawthorn
In 1855-57 it was described as a good farm steading with outer buildings used as offices . The tenant under the Earl of Eglinton was a James Dunlop .
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