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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
COURT CAIRN Court Cairn
Court Cairn
Mr Alexander McMillan
George McHaffie Esqr.
006 [Situation] 5 Chains East of Quarter Fell Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station
A shepherds pile upon "Quarter Fell".
GLED KNOWES Glead Knowes
Gled Knowes
Mr Alexander McMillan
George McHaffie Esqr.
006 1½ Miles NW [North West] of Artfield Fell
Two Small hills with a few rocks on their Summit Supposed to have derived its name from the circumstance of the "Gled" building its nest here.
THE HORSE HILL The Horse Hill
The Horse Hill
The Horse Hill
Mr. William Cowan
Alexander McDouall
George McHaffie Esqr.
006 [Situation] ¾ Mile North of Artfield Fell
A heathy hill part of which has been cultivated but is now grown wild. It is on the Farm of Artfield & on it are the Ruins of two Houses.

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35 Court Cairn
35 Gled Knowes
36 The Horse Hill

"Gled. "Glaid". The Kite From the Anglo Saxon Glida. Glide
"Knowe" A little Hill. Dr. [Doctor] Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary
"Glede" A Kite - "Sheridan" "Walker"
"Glead" A kind of Hawk. Walker

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