OS1/10/15/17

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
HARESHAW RIG Hareshaw Rig William Paterson Farmer Twiglees
Mathew Little Shepherd Twiglees
026; 035 [Situation] About 1/3 Mile N.E. [North East] of Twiglees
Is a considerable hill or ridge, the surface of which is covered with rough pasture, and having upon its summit a Trignamatical [Trigonometrical] station called "Hareshaw Moss" it is situated upon the farms of Twiglees and Castlehill and is the property of the Duke of Buccleugh.
PRY HOLE Pry Hole William Paterson Farmer Twiglees
Mathew Little Shepherd Twiglees
035 [Situation] About 1 mile N.E [North East] of Twiglees
A flat and low lying piece of rough pasture ground near to "Black Burn". It is upon the farm of "Castlehill" and is the property of the Duke of Buccleugh.
MEIN GAIR Mean Gair William Paterson Farmer Twiglees
Andrew Halliday Shepherd Castlehill
035 A small piece of rough pasture intersected by the boundary fence between the farms of "Castlehill" and Twiglees. It is the property of the Duke of Buccleugh.

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Parish of Eskdalemuir -- Sheet 35. No. 1. Trace 3.

Mein Gair [note] - Cancelled [but still listed in the Index].
Mein, "Common" Jamiesons Scott: Dicty. [Scottish Dictionary]

White Knowe [note] - Cancelled

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