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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BEACON HILL Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill
The Estate Maps, Mr Robert Kay Muirkirk
Mr Mathew Brown Entryhead
030 A wooded hill planted with Fir and Forest trees situated on the farm of Mid Wellwood on the South side of the Turnpike road leading from Muirkirk to Cumnock distant about 2 1/2 miles from the former and 7 1/2 from the latter place. Derivation not Known but from its Central position in the Parish it is probable it may have been used for watch fires as its name would imply. -

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