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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
DOLLAR BURN Dollar Burn
Dollar Burn
Dollar Burn
Dollar Burn
Mr. Thomas Bradshaw
Mr. John Clark
Mr. Hugh Munro
New Statistical Account
134.03 ; 134.07 A small but rapid stream formed by the united waters of the burns of Sorrow and Care, at the south end of the eminence on which stands Castle Campbell, and flowing in a southerly direction through the village of Dollar, from which it takes its name, falls into the Devon. For a short distance below its source it has steep wooded banks, the remainder low, and it has throughout a gravelly bed.
GLOOM HILL Gloom Hill
Gloom Hill
Gloom Hill
Gloom Hill
John McArthur Moir Esqr.
Mr. Thomas Bradshaw
Mr. John Clark
Mr. Hugh Munro
134.03 A small oval shaped hill wooded on its southwest side, and steep all round, particularly so to the south. Probable height from its base two hundred feet. The derivation of the name is accounted for by a tradition in the neighbourhood, which says that a daughter of one of the Kings was confined in Castle Campbell, and that she gave names to several objects in the vicinity, and this she called Gloom Hill. Property of John McArthur Moir Esqr., Hillfoot House.

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