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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BROAD BOG Broad Bog
Broad Bog
Broad Bog
Mr James Hardy Penmanshiel
Mr Inglis Stockbridge
Mr McGregor Parish Schoolmaster
004.04 [Situation] In the centre of Penmanshiel Moor. Its West [side] is about [24] chains from the N. [North] end of Red Cleughs Cleugh and its E. [East] Side about the Same Number from Little Blake Law
An enclosure consisting of four fields on the farm of "Penmanshiels". It was originally a Bog. Now it is drained and cultivated. It is [rented] by Mr Hardy of Penmanshiel And is the property of Sir John Hall Bart [Baronet] Dunglass
THE LAIRD'S FOLLY The Lairds Folly
The Lairds Folly
The Lairds Folly
Mr James Hardy
The Revd [Reverend] Mr Ingles
Mr MrGregor
004.04 [Situation] In the South West corner of Broad Bog and about fourteen chains East from Ladys Folly.
A small fir plantation situated on the west side of the "Broad Bog". It derives its name from the circumstance of the Laird planting trees in an uncultivated Bog without drainage or enclosure.

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