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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BAR HILL Bar Hil Mr. John Jessiman Bowmanhillock
Mr. Alexander Edwards. Collonach
Mr. James Edwards. Wellheads
025 This name applies to a slight eminence - 9 chains west of Collonach. It is round in shape and nearly all covered with heath - Bar - is a corruption of Bare and the name refers to the barreness of the soil which was in Cultivation many years ago. Traces are visible of the old style of ploughing.
COSTLY BURN Costly Burn Mr. John Jessiman Bowmanhillock
Mr. Alexander Edwards. Collonach
Mr. James Edwards. Wellheads
025 A small burn about 24 chains in length - formed by springs and the marshy nature of the soil at its source. Its course is north westerly - and falls into the Glen Burn.

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County of Aberdeen -- Parish of Huntly

[Signed] George Hobson C.A. [Civil Assistant]

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