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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
PITJOSSIE Pitjossie
Pitjossie
Pitjossie
Pitjossie
Mr A Murcar Bankhead
Mr A Gerrard New Aberdour
Buchan By The Rev. [Reverend] J.B. Pratt M.A.
New Statistical Account
001 Applicable to a huge arch formed by decayed rocks, situated on the shore about half a mile north of Bankhead farmhouse.
"Upon the estate of Auchmedden is Pitjossie, a Stupendous natural Arch, through which the tide flows at high water."
New Statistical Account
"Pitjossie is about a mile west of the Old Church. This is a Stupendous natural Arch"
Buchan By The Rev. [Reverend] J.B. Pratt M.A.
WHITE WHINS White Whins
White Whins
White Whins
Mr A Murcar
Mr A Gerrard
Mr Walker Ironhill
001 Applies to a grassy slope smooth, and overlooking the High Water mark a little west of Pitjossie.
TARDIGHT EYE Tardight Eye
Tardight Eye
Mr A Murcar
Mr Walker
001 A natural arch of whinstone rock, at the entrance leading to the majestic one of Pitjossie.

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