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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BELD KNOWE Beld Knowe
Beld Knowe
Beld Knowe
Bald Knowe
Beld - Bald
Patrick Stewart, Middlegill
Robert Anderson, Brattleburn
David Thompson, Mosshope
Charles Stewart Esquire.
Dr. Jamieson's Dictionary
008 [Situation] On the Wn. Ph. [Western Parish] Boundary between Dumfries and Lanarkshire.
A large irregularly shaped hill on the farm of Mosshope the watershed of which forms part of the boundary between the counties of Dumfriesshire and Lanark.
derives name from its bald, and bare appearance.
GREEN SIKE Green Syke Patrick Stewart
Robert Anderson
David Thomson
008 [Situation]Between Bald Knowe and Hod's Hill.
a small stream rising between Hod's Hill and Bald Knowe, and falling into the Gray Burn.
RED SCARS Red Scars Patrick Stewart farmer
Robert Anderson shepherds
David Thomson shepherds
008 [Situation] A small broken ravine with a stream flowing through it which forms the Grey Burn after its confluence with the Green Syke.

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Parish of Moffat Plan 8.16 Trace 3
[signed] W. Paterson c/a [civilian assistant]

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