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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SANNOX BAY | Sannox Bay Sannox Bay Sannox Bay |
Rev. [Reverend] Mr. Blacklock Mr. R. Stoddart Alexander McKillop |
238 | A bay at the mouth of Glen Sannox. The name applies from the Quay on the South, to the commencement of the rocks on the North. |
| CAIRN | Cairn | Alexander McKillop | 238 | A heath covered cairn of stones, on an eminence, on its top are two open stone cists, which were dug into by a shepherd in the hope of finding treasure and they were found to contain human bones. |
| ROCKING STONE | Rocking Stone Rocking Stone |
Alexander McKillop McArthur's Antiquities |
238 | A large bolder resting on a mass of conglomerate, so poised that even now a strong man may move it by putting his back to it. |
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[Notes under Rocking Stone:]
Professor W. Thomson with whom I visited this object concurred with me in
thinking its rocking property due to natural cause, the block has manifestly
become detached, rolled down the hill, and became accidentaly poised on a smooth rocky surface,
no very marvellous thing
to have happened among the
hundreds of fallen rocks
[Initialled] J.B.
Lt.Col. [Lieutenant Colonel]
"An interesting specimen of the Rocking Stone may be seen near the
shore at South Sannox." &c.
McArthur's Antiquities Page 63.
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