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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SHOT-HIM KNOWE Shothim knowe
Shothim Knowe
Shothim knowe
John Copeland
David McRobert
Thomas Richardson
050 [Situation] 4 1/6 Miles S.W. by S. [South West by South] of Lochmaben.
A small hill in an arable field near Carthat, derives its name from the circumstance of a man having been shot on it at the time of the Solemn league and Covenant.
ROCKHALLHEAD Rockhallhead
Rockhallhead
Rockhallhead
John Copeland
Thomas Richardson
David McRobert
050 [Situation] 4 1/3 Miles S.S.W. [South South West ] from Lochmaben.
A Farm house and outbuildings with Lands and garden attached the property of the Marquis of Queensberry. John Copeland occupant.
The Site on which this house & its outbuildings stand, presents an undoubted appearance of having been a Camp formerly. A part of the anterior ditch & embankment is distinctly visible, and the embankment surrounding the interior of the Camp is quite visible in many parts, but the process of building and cultivation has destroyed the Complete formation. [Signed] J. Angus

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[Page] 188
Parish of Lochmaben
Plan 50.14 Trace 5


[Signed] Philip Munro
Pte. R. S. M. [Private Royal Sappers & Miners]

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