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Gartmore

Gartmore (Scottish Gaelic An Gart Mòr) is a village in the Stirling council area, Scotland. It is a village with a view of the Wallace Monument in Stirling, almost 25 miles away. In the Land Registration County of Perthshire, it is one mile from the A81 Glasgow to Aberfoyle road, three miles south of Aberfoyle. The Rob Roy Way walking route passes nearby. The village was founded in 1725 by Nicol Graham of Gartmore. One of the villages more famous residents was Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham at Gartmore House, to whom there is a monument in the village, the Cunninghame Graham Memorial.

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Gartmore (Scottish Gaelic An Gart Mòr) is a village in the Stirling council area, Scotland. It is a village with a view of the Wallace Monument in Stirling, almost 25 miles away. In the Land Registration County of Perthshire, it is one mile from the A81 Glasgow to Aberfoyle road, three miles south of Aberfoyle. The Rob Roy Way walking route passes nearby. The village was founded in 1725 by Nicol Graham of Gartmore. One of the villages more famous residents was Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham at Gartmore House, to whom there is a monument in the village, the Cunninghame Graham Memorial.

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  1. date of foundation: 1725 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1725". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1377657494

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