OS1/10/43/17

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SOUTH BOWERHOUSES South Bowerhouses John Hill
Francis Johnston
Walter Phillips
056 [Situation] 2 1/2 miles NNW. [North North West] from Ruthwell village,
A dwelling house with garden, burns &c and a farm of land attached the property of the Earl of Mansfield
BENT MOTE Bent Moat

Bent Mote
John Hill
James Hill
William Pagan
056 [Situation] 2 1/4 miles NNW. [North North West] from Ruthwell village.
A small wooded eminence, on the farm of South Bowerhouses which takes this name from a small tumulus situated upon it - part of the trees have recently been cut down.

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Parish of Ruthwell -- Plan 56-15 -- Trace 5

[Notes Bent Mote] -- Mote - An Eminence -- Dr [Doctor] Jamieson
The term Mote is here applicable to the Eminence
itself - a Natural feature.

[Signature] W. Paterson c/a [civilian assistant]

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