OS1/10/14/85
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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SAMSON AND HIS WIFE | Samson & his Wife Samson & his Wife Samson & his Wife |
Robert Corrie John Wilson Robert Stitt |
014 | [Situation] 1/2 mile S.E. [South East] from Nether Dalveen. A name given to two rather conspicuous rocks; they are called Samson and his wife, and when viewed from the road they have very much the appearance of a man and woman sitting on the hill side |
STANEBUTT HILL | Stanebutt Hill Stanebutt Hill Stanebutt Hill Stanebut |
Robert Corrie John Wilson Robert Stitt See Page 88. |
014 | [Situation] 3/4 mile S.E. [South East] from Nether Dalveen. A name given to a rising piece of ground on the farm of Castlehill the property of the Duke of Buccleuch |
WEE CLEUCH | Wee Cleuch Wee Cleuch Wee Cleuch |
Robert Corrie John Wilson Robert Stitt |
014 | [Situation] From between Pettylung and Stanebutt Hill - S.W. [South West]. A hollow piece of ground through which a stream flows The cleuch extends from the spring to near the cultivated land |
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[Page] 85Parish of Durrisdeer -- Plan 14/7 Trace 2
[Signed] James Cowan C/a [Civilian assistant]
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