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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
TOWNFOOT RIG Townfoot Rigg
Townfoot Rigg
Townfoot Rigg
Mr Harper
Peter McMorrin
Adam Menzies
022; 023 [Situation] 1/2 mile S,E, [South East] from Townhead,
A name given to a ridge of ground on the farm of Townfoot
CELTIC DIKE Celtic Dike
Celtic or Deil's Dike
Simpson's History of Sanquhar
Revd Dr [Reverend Doctor] Simpson, Sanquhar
022; 023; 032 [Situation] From Morton Ph [Parish] South through Closeburn
The old embankment noticed by Dr [Doctor] Simpson in the history of Sanquhar as traced on the ground from that Parish, which from precisely similar features thereto and route attributed by various Authorities to the Deil's Dike has been characterised as Celtic or Deils Dike. See Sanquhar - Name Book etc

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Parish of Closeburn -- Plan 22/12 -- Trace 6

[Faint pencil note] -- ? Cleuch Omitted trace 3

[signed] James Cowan C/a [Civilian Assistant]

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