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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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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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[Page] 11Parish 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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