222 ANDREW HERON AND HIS KINSFOLK. 
14 In 1682 the farms of Bargally and Dallaish Cairns, valued 
at £120, were owned by John Maxwell of Drumcoltran (see old 
Valuation Rolls). At what date they were sold by him is not clear, 
but they may have been bought from him by Patrick Heron on the 
occasion of Andrew’s first marriage, and given him as a marriage 
portion. Dallaish is quite distinct from Dallaish Cairns. In 1682 
the former belonged to Patrick Murdoch of Comlodane, and does 
not ever appear to have been owned by the Herons. The two farms 
lie on different sides of the Palnure Burn. 
15 The six merklands of Bardrockwood, Bardrockhead, or Bar- 
drocht (the earliest form), first figure in record as in possession of 
the Mure family. Alexander Mure of Bardrocht is referred to in 
1471 (Acta. Dom. Aud., 19), and was in conflict with M‘Clellane of 
Bomby in 1476 concerning the lands of Bardroched (ibid., 50). 
Mure was dead by 1492, in May of which year his daughter and 
heiress, Elizabeth, sold to Bomby this property as well as Glenturk, 
Carslae, etc. (22.M.N., ii., 2138). Eight years later Glenturk, etc.., 
was sold by Bomby to Robert, son of John, Lord Carlisle, and was 
then described as in the Lordship of Bardrochwood (ibid., 2799). 
But when that Lordship was created is not known. For over 100. 
years Bardrochwood belonged to the M‘Clellanes of Bomby, though 
in 1511 William M‘Clellane obtained license to sell it (R.S.S., i., 
2308). But in 1622 Sir Robert M‘Clellane, being in financial diff- 
culties, resigned it in favour of David Arnott of Chapell, under 
reversion of 3000 merks (R.MW.S., 1620/33, 639). Bomby’s difficul- 
ties soon got worse. In 1624 the lands of Bomby, Bardrockwood, 
and others were apprised for debt by John, heir ot Colonel Sir 
Robert Henryson of Tunygask (ibid., 660), and in 1635 Bardrock- 
wood was again apprised by David Ramsay ot Torbene (R.MW.S.. 
1634/51, 301). By 1642 Henryson’s apprisement was got rid of, 
and Bardrockwood incorporated in the newly-erected Barony of 
Karkeudbright (ibid., 1049). The following year Thomas, Lord 
Korkeudbright, finally parted with it in favour of Colonel William 
Stewart, son of Alexander Stewart of Clarie (ibid., 1499). In 
1698 it passed to Colonel Wiliam Maxwell on his marriage to 
Nicolas Stewart, great-granddaughter of the Colonel. 
16 Loudon must be wrong. The house stands quite close to 
the Palnure Burn, and there is no room for a forest there. He 
must refer to lower down the valley. Some of the beeches referred 
to are still standing, and a photograph of one of the finest is repro- 
duced in the text. 
W” At the east end of the tomb on the slab that closes the en- 
trance is engraved the skull with the inscription: —‘‘ This tomb 
was erected a.p. 1729 by Andrew Heron of Bargaly, and repaired 
by John M‘Rie of Bargaly, 1829.’ At the west end is the brief 
inscription :—‘‘ We dy hopeing and our ashes receive life—1730.” 
18 If the glories of the Bargally of Andrew Heron have passed 
