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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
HIGH ROAD	High Road High Road High Road	Mr. Russell John Stott William Thorburn	055	[Situation] Frm N. [North] to SE [South East] of this Plan A parish road leading from Dumfries to BanKhead, bears the Name from NithbanK near Dumfries to Kellwood Burn, at the entrance to Caerlaverock Ph. [Parish]
MAIDEN BOWER	Maiden Bower Maiden Bower Maiden Bower	Mr. Watt Mr. Russell William Thorburn	055	[In the N.E. [North East] corner of this Plan in Maidenbower Craigs A Small platform of rocK in the face of a Steep Cliff, Shaded by the overhanging rocK, the only access to it is through a narrow fissure, It is said this was the Scene of Druidical rites, and also a place of Virginal test, it being decided that any Lady who could not pass through the narrow fissure, to the "Maidens Bower", had lost her Virginity,. "A remarKable Cavity Said to have been the scene of Druidical rites for the testing of virginity" Gazr. [Gazetteer of Scotland"

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Parish of Dumfries -- Plan 55.7 Trace 3 -- [Page] 243

[Mill Burn or Hill Burn] " See Name sheet 55.3

Entry for Mill Burn Scored out and "Cancelled"

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