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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| MORTIMER'S DEEP | Mortimer's Deep Mortimer's Deep Mortimer's Deep Mortimer's Deep Mortimer's Deep Mortimer's Deep |
Revd. [Reverend] H. Ralph L.L.D. Mr. Philips Sibbald's His [History] of Fife Fishermen in Aberdour New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] |
040 | [situation] In the Firth of Forth between Meadulse and Braefoot Bay. A channel of considerable depth in the Firth of Forth. situated between Charles Hill and Inchcolm. "Sir Alexander Mortimer, Lord of Aberdour gave half of the lands of the town of Aberdour to God and the Monks of St Colums' Isle, for the benefit of a burial place to himself and his posterity, in the Church of the Monastery." Encyc Brit [Encyclopaedia Britannica] Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] "It is reported that Alain the founder being dead, the Monks carrying his corps in a coffin of lead, by barge in the night time. to be interred within their Church. some wicked monks did throw the samen a great deep, betwixt the land & the monastery which to this day by the neighbouring fishingmen and salters is called Mortimers Deep." Sibbalds Fife |
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2 Plan 40A Parish of Dalgety.[Quotation]
"There is a tradition, that the corpse of one of the family of Mortimer as thrown overboard in a storm, which gives the name of Mortimer's Deep to the channel beteen the island and the shore" New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]
[Note- Deleted object name "Carcraig"] In the parish of Aberdour.
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