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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
WHITE HILL OF BRALAND White Hill of Braland
White Hill of Braland
White Hill of Brawland
Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Ronald. Cabrach.
Mr. Hay. Farmer, Upper Wheedlemont
Mr. Mitchell. Farmer, Whitehillock
042 Applies to a low heathy hill to the north of Ordihallan.
ORDIALLON Ordihallan
Ordihallan
Ordihallan
Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Ronald. Cabrach.
Mr. Mitchell. Farmer, Whitehillock
Mr Hay. Upper Wheedlemont
042 Refers to a low flat hill near to Creak.
PYKE'S CAIRN Pyke's Cairn
Pyke's Cairn
Pyke's Cairn
Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Ronald. Cabrach
Mr. Mitchell. Farmer, Whitehillock
Mr. Murray. Farmer. Tolophin
042 A small Cairn of stones on the flat, east of the moss of Creak. in the angle between the diverging roads leading to Mosses of Fewee & Tolophin. It was raised to mark the spot where a man named Adam Gordon. Farmer, Pyke, Cabrach, Banffshire, perished in the snow about 1777. This Cairn forms a boundary mark between the Estates of Mr. Gordon of Craig, & Mr. Lumsden of Clova.

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ORDIALLON
"Ord. - A Hill or mountain of round form."
"Lon - A marsh. Meadow, Lawn.
"Al. - A rock or Stone." Literally "Stone on Flat Round Hill."

[Signed] R. Dickson S.R.E. [Sapper Royal Engineers]

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