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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
LITTLE LOCH Little Loch
Little Loch
Little Loch
Mr C. Chalmers Factor &c.
Mr Milne Gd. [Ground] Officer Hillhead of Peterwell
Mr Robert Farquhar Gardener Fyvie
028 a small Lake, artificially laid out, with a wooded Island, and is fed by a stream called Park Burn and after Supplying a Saw Mill, it, in its, turn Supplies the Lake of Fyvie which is about 5. Chains on the West. Situated about 9. Chains S.E. [South East] of Fyvie Castle Garden.
OLDWOOD COTTAGE Oldwood Cottage
Oldwood Cottage
Oldwood Cottage
Mr Robert Farquhar Gardener occupant
Mr Milne Gd. [Ground] Officer Hillhead of Peterwell
Mr James Strachan Greenmyre
028 a handsome cottage with outhouses and garden detached, situated about 11. chains E. [East] of the Garden and aside the East drive Road of the Demesne and occupied by the Gardener.
BROOM HILL Broom Hill
Broom Hill
Broom Hill
Mr Robert Farquhar Gardener
Mr Milne Gd. [Ground] Officer Hillhead of Peterwell
Mr James Strachan Greenmyre
028 a Conspicuous hill under cultivation except a cluster of Wood upon the Summit and another small one a little southward, situated a little W. [West] of Montrose's Trench and abt. [about] 25C. [Chains] Eastward of Fyvie Castle.
SCULPTURED STONE [Fyvie] Sculptured stone Captn. [Captain] Courtney R.E. [Royal Engineers] 028 This stone is built into the front wall of Fyvie School house, an erection of about 40 years' standing. Its' original site is not known; the sculpturing was apparently only discovered in the process of building. The figures pourtrayed are the "Crescent with Sceptre", the "Elephant", and what is generally known as the "Mirror", or 'Looking Glass." [Signed] E.H. Courtney. Captn. [Captain] R.E. [Royal Engineers] 4/3/69. [4 Mar 1869]

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Parish of Fyvie

[There is a sketch of the 'Sculptured Stone' with measurements stating 1ft 10inches breadth and 2 feet 3 inches tall.] The figures pourtrayed use the "Crescent with Sceptre", the "Elephant", and what is generally known as the "Mirror", or 'Looking Glass."

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Little Lake is altered to Little Loch.

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