Clan Cairns
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Clan Cairns is a Scots clan. The clan does no hae a chief recognised bi the Lord Lyon King of Arms, therefore the clan haes nae standin unner Scots Law. Clan Cairns is considered an armigerous clan, meanin that it is considered tae hae haed at ane time a chief who possessed the chiefly airms, howsomeivver nae ane at present is in possession o such airms. The arms o Cairns o that Ilk are blazoned as: Gules, three martlets Or.[1]
The surname Cairns is derived frae the Scots Gaelic carn, meanin "cairn". It is a topographic name for someane who lived near a cairn.[2] The lands o Cairns are locatit in the parish o Mid Calder, near Edinburgh.[3] Accordin tae George Fraser Black, the first Cairns tae be recordit is William de Carnys, who wis recordit as witnessin a chairter in 1349. William de Carnys an his son Duncan held the baronies o Easter an Wester Whitburn. Mony Cairns are an aa recordit in the coonties o Midlothian an Wast Lothian. Today mony Cairns are still locatit aroond Edinburgh an Glasga.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cairns. My Clan (www.myclan.com). Archived from the original on 22 Mey 2006. . Retrieved on 24 Dizember 2008. .
- ↑ Cairns Name Meaning and History. Ancestry.com. Retrieved on 24 Dizember 2008. .
- ↑ Clan Cairns at the The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs
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