OS1/4/15/21
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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BLUE STONE | Blue Stone | James Jamieson Linnburn Alexander Taylor Backside Alexander Watt Butterwards |
031.04 | A Small conical rock on the eastern Slope of Craig Watch, so called from it's blueish color. |
FIRHOLES MOSS | Fir Holes Moss | James Jamieson Linnburn Alexander Taylor Backside Alexander Watt Butterwards |
031.04 | A large Peat Moss at the foot of Craigwatch Said to have been formerly a forest of Fir wood. |
HOWESHALLOCH MOSS | Howeshalloch Moss | James Jamieson Linnburn Alexander Taylor Backside Alexander Watt Butterwards & James Stuart Chapel Hill also Revd [Reverend] William Duguid D.D. [Doctor of Divinity] |
031.04 | a large pear moss lying east of Craig Watch from which the surrounding inhabitants cut turf and is well Known by this name. It is on the estate of Mrs William Grant of Beldorney. |
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[Page] 21County of Banff -- Parish of Glass
[signed] B.R. McCullagh
C.A. [Civilian Assistant]
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