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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BLACKCRAIG HILL Blackcraig Hill John Craig
John Clark
William McCaw
John Borthwick
020 A large black hill near the head of Appin Burn, the water shed of which forms part of the boundary between this Parish and Tynron. The hill takes its name from Black Craig a precipice on its Brow.
COLT HILL Colt Hill John Clark
William McCaw
John Borthwick
020 A large round hill near the N.E. point of Parish well known as Cout or Colt Hill, the greater part of which is within Tynron Parish.
DALWHAT WATER Dalwhat Water John Ferguson
William Todd
William Wilson
020; 029; 030 A considerable stream rising in the N.W. end of the Parish, flowing in an easterly direction it falls into the Cairn Water a little way from Minnyhive.
RAMSCLEUGH BURN Ram Cleugh Burn

Ramscleugh Burn
John Ferguson
Robert Hutson
William Todd
William Wilson
See Page 14
020 A burn running betwixt two Hills, and the junction of it and the Cairn form the Dalwhat Water.

Continued entries/extra info

BLACKCRAIG HILL: On N'n Parish Boundary.
COLT HILL: At the N.E. side of Glencairn.
DALWHAT WATER: From North point of Parish running South to a point 1/2 mile South of Moniave.
RAMSCLEUGH BURN: From near the N.W. running N.E.E.

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