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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Site of CAIRN [NE of Sanquhar] Site of
Cairn
Dr. [Doctor] Simpson's History
of Sanquhar
006 " On a small eminence is
" to be seen the Site of a consid=
" =erable Cairn - we say the Site
" for the Stones have been removed
" for building fences. - This Cairn
" must have been the resting place
" of the Chieftain who fell in
" the battle" &c [et cetera]
Simpsons History of Sanquhar

Continued entries/extra info

[Page:] 144,
Parish of Sanquhar

[Descriptive Remarks regarding Site of BATTLE on previous page is continued in the same column here:]
- for the stones have been
removed which Composed
the Cairn for building
dykes. This must have been
the resting place of the
Chieftain who fell in the
battle, and it was the finding
of this cairn that led to the
discovery of the whole battle
field"
Quoted from Dr [Doctor] Simpsons
history of Sanquhar

[Site of CAIRN - Situation:]
About 2¼ miles
N.E. [North East] by E. [East] from
Sanquhar. -

[Page is signed:]
John Jane
Pt [Private] R.S.&.M. [Royal Sappers and Miners]

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George Howat

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