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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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Site of HALL OF TOLOPHIN | (Site of) Hall of Tolophin (Site of) Hall of Tolophin (Site of) Hall of Tolophin |
Mr Mitchell, Farmer, Whitehillock Mr Murray, Farmer, Tolophin. Mr Jamieson Farmer, Whitehill. |
042 | This is an antique and well known name; The Hall is conjectured when in existence to have been occupied in the Summer Months by former Lairds of Craig, who are reported to have lived there and drank Goats' milk for the benefit of their health. The tenant of Tolophin farm, when clearing this place for cultivation, discovered beneath an accumulation of from two to three feet of moss and rubbish, the floor, found to measure about twelve feet in diameter, consisting of rough oval palings of stones, bearing marks of fire, and charred ashes, together with the fragments of broken bottles and the remains of primitive stakes or posts, the relics doubtless of the upright beams [Continued p. 18] |
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