Aitkenbar Circle, Bellsmyre
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Aitkenbar Circle, Bellsmyre
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 9 Jan 2012
In the distance, the upper part of a couple of the high flats in Bellsmyre can be seen, just left of centre; for those, see Image The street name preserves the name of a farm that was located near this spot, and which was recorded on the first-edition OS map (c.1860) as Aitkenbarr, and on some later maps as "Aitken Barr". In Roy's Military Survey of Scotland (1740s-50s), the same location is simply called "Barr". Further ahead, on the far side of Image, a continuation of this road is called Image
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Image Location
Latitude
55.955021
Longitude
-4.553536