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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SWORDWELLRIG Swordwellrig James Rae Laborer Stapleton
John Rome Farmer Swordwellrig
063 [Situation] About 36 chains N.W. [North West] from Dornock village.
A Small farm house one Story high, Slated and in good repair - There is a Small vegetable garden and an arable farm attached. Tennanted by John Rome the property of the DuKe of Buccleuch
SWORDWELL RIG Swordwell Rig John Rome Farmer Swordwellrig
James Rae Forester Stapleton
063 [Situation] Nearly 3/4 mile N.W. [North West] from Dornock village
A small ridge of arable land, on the farm of and a little to the north of the farm house - Swordwellrig
Supposed Site of BATTLE (16th Century) [Swordwell] Sword Well
Sword Well
Sword Well
Sword Well
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New Statistical Account of Dumfriesshire
Old Statistical Account of Dumfriesshire
Fullarton's Imperial Gazetteer
063 A Spring Well which is said to have derived its Name from the Circumstance of Swords having been found near it, & where it is traditionally reported a Battle was fought in the 16th century. See page 2.

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Parish of Dornock -- Sheet 63 No 5 -- Trace 5 & 6

[Faint notes] Dornock -- See 63 - 6 -- Glasgow & SW [South Western] Railway (omitted)
Main Beck -- See Trace

[signed] John McDonnell Spr RE [Sapper Royal Engineers]

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