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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
THE GREEN KNOWE The Green Knowe
(Site of a)
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The Green Knowe
The Green Knowe
Mr John Muir North St. Dalry
Mr. William Wylie Linn
Mr. John Stirrat, Linn
Mr. H Rodger Dalry
Mr John Kyle Linn
011 A very Small Knowe Situated in a field near Linn Toll, wherein as John Muir Related to me, he saw 7 Stone Coffins and an Urn - all Containing burnt bones - excavated out of this hill. about 80 years ago. Muir is of the opinion that the person who found these Coffins also found some treasure - as it was noticed that he ever afterwards lived comfortably and altho [although] he was previously a working man, never laboured after this.
The hill appears to be natural but at the time the remains were found - Muir states there was a mound of earth, not large, which has since been levelled by the plough.
These are the only remains which have been found in the neighbourhood for a period of 100 years, as I have been informed by the best authority

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