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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
THE WEEL POOL -
The Weel Pool
The Weel Pool
The Weel Pool
Estate Map 1842
Estate Map 1846
James Macadam
George Hendrie
046 A deep pool in River Doon. Weel signifies a Kind of trap for fish, and is always applied in Scotland to natural pools. The word pool is therefore quite unnecessary, but always used in this instance.
KEIRS Keirs
Keirs
Keirs
Kiers
Keirs
Estate Map 1846
James Macadam
George Hendrie
County Voters' List
Johnston's County Map
046 A farmsteading, in excellent repair, dwellinghouse & offices one storey, slated. A stone from Keirs Castle is built into the wall immediately above the entrance to the dwellinghouse. It bears an escutcheon for quartering arms but too much defaced to be described
BURNFOOT Burnfoot
Burnfoot
Burnfoot
Burnfoot
Burnfoot of Keirs
Burnfoot
Estate Map 1846
James Macadam
George Hendrie
Estate Map 1842
County Voters' List
Johnston's County Map
046 A thatched cothouse in middling repair - property of Col [Colonel] Macadam Cathcart.

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