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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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FLINT ARROWHEADS FOUND HEREABOUTS [Howe of Doubledirks] | Flint arrowheads found hereabout. Flint arrowheads found hereabout. Flint arrowheads found hereabout. |
Mr. Moir Ardiffery Revd. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Pratt, Chapel Hill. Mr. Snell, Bridgend. |
031 | Mr. Moir of Ardiffery says, that he has often found flint arrowheads here, and I may mention that Mr. Murray told me that there was a Flint Axe also found in this field by one McLeod a Shepherd, but when I spoke to McLeod about it, he said he never found anything of the sort, and new nothing about it. |
HOWE OF DOUBLEDIRKS | Howe of Doubledirks | Revd. Dr. [Reverend Doctor] Pratt | 031 | Dr. [Doctor] Pratt says that this is a very old name and the late Revd. [Reverend] Alexander Cock, Ph. [Parish] Minister new it well. Tradition says there was a desperate battle fought here between some of the Danes & Scots. |
WATERSIDE | Waterside Waterside Waterside |
Mr. Murray, Nethermill. Mr. Snell, Bridgend. Mr. Moir, Ardiffery. |
031 | A small croft, situated near the Parish Manse, the property of the Earl of Erroll. Slains Castle. |
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