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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SLUG HOW Slug Howe
Slug Howe
Slug Howe
Mr David Brown, Edingarioch
Mr Adam Moir, Hillhead
Mr John Tough, Auchleven
053 A deep narrow pass between the villages of Auchleven and Keig and about a mile south west of the former. The public road from Insch to Keig and Alford crosses the range of hills here.
SLUG WELL Slug Well
Slug Well
Slug Well
Mr David Brown
Mr Adam Moir
Mr John Tough
053 A spring of good water situated in the Slug Howe a short distance from Hillhead farmsteading.
HANGING WELL Hanging Well
Hanging Well
Hanging Well
Mr David Brown
Mr Adam Moir
Mr John Tough
053 A spring well situated close to a clump of stunted Birch trees on the south side of the road from Auchleven to Keig and about three quarters of a mile from the former place

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Parish of Premnay

[Note beside 'Slug Howe']
"Slug - A road through a defile".
"How - Any hollow place". (Jamieson)

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