 The name 'Blackstands' may derive from 'Blackston' as the Mure's were the Lairds of Blackston.Nether Ramshead was a Mure property from early times, being recorded as such in 1617, together with "Cawdamis (near Symington), Hiegaittis, Knokewart and Dunyflat".Sir William Cunninghame of Cunninghamhead married Elizabeth Nicolson in 1619 and had a daughter Barbara, who married William Mure of Caldwell.