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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
OBERON'S WELL St Oberon's Well
St Oberon's Well
St Oberon's Well
Mr James Rait.
Mr John Sutherland.
Mr Joseph McDonald.
053 A fine spring, situated on the western boundary of Priests Wood, about an eight of a mile N.E. [North East] of Hillock of Keig farmsteading. A drain conducts the water from the spring for a short distance westwards when it enters the ground, It is said according to local tradition to have been much frequented by the fairies, hence the name.
PRIESTS' WOOD Priest Wood
Priest Wood
Priest Wood
Mr James Rait.
Mr John Sutherland.
Mr Joseph McDonald.
053 An extensive fir wood, extending from Little John's Length to the end of the Longbog. the property of the R.C. [Roman Catholic] Church in Scotland.
MEGRAYHILL COURT Meagryhill Croft
Meagryhill Croft
Meagryhill Croft
Mr James Rait.
Mr John Sutherland.
Mr Joseph McDonald.
053 A small croft, situated on the top of Meagry Hill, the property of Lord Forbes of Castle Forbes.

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Parish of Keig

[Note beside 'Oberon's Well'] - I suppose this is Saint Tobran's Well in "Coritobrith" - as the old scribe glosses "vallis fontis" - & which is the source of the Fowlesy or Camach. The name is merely a corruption of Tobar a well. See the "Lands of Keig & Monymusk" by the late Revd [Reverend] Alexander Low, Keig in Directory's of the Soc. of Ant. [Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Edinburgh] Vol [Volume] VI. p. [page] 218.
[Initialled] JMcD

"Oberon - King of the elves" (Clarke)

[Note beside 'Megrayhill Croft'] - See "Megray Hill".

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