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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WITCH LINN | Witch Linn Witch Linn Witch Linn |
Mr Hugh Hunter Mr Robert Hunter Mr William Barclay |
016 | A waterfall on the North end of Chapelhill Glen well known in the locality by the name supplied the fall of water is about 7 feet. |
| FORT [nr Witch Linn] | Fort site of | Mr Hugh Hunter Mr Hugh Weir Mr William Barclay |
016 | This name applies to an Artificial Mound the sides of which are Steep and partly covered with brambles it stands about 20 feet vertical and the Summit is about 130 links long varying in width from East to West. It is generally supposed by the intelligent classes in the Neighbourhood to have been one of the primitive class of Fortalets Referred to in the New Stat [Statistical] Account. |
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[Page] 54Sheet 016.1 Trace 2 Parish of Ardrossan County of Ayr
[Note]
This mound is called by some parties
Knockneedlock and by others the
Witch Mount, but not of sufficient
importance to establish the names on
the plans that supplied is in accordance
with similar objects in West Kilbride and
probably the most correct mode.
Transcriber's notes
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Chr1smac -Moderator, Missus SW
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