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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
CLACKLEITH HILL	Clackleith Hill.	James Blackwood, Sanquhar James McKnight, Corsebank. David Hunter, Clackleith.	002	[Situation] About 5¼ miles N. N. E. [North North East] from the Burgh of Sanquhar which is near the Centre of Parish. A lofty hill on the farm of Clackleith. - Standing on its summit and looking to the north the course of the Crawick, meandering through a long reach of gently de-scending plain, may be distinctly traced from its very source, towards which the valley as it approaches, widens out into an Extensive table land Turning to the east the gloomy glen of the Wanlock presents it -self , while on the west the Span -nock glen with a somewhat less dreary aspect on account of the hills on its right bank mounting with a gentler acclivity - those on its left rearing themselves almost perpendicularly from the Edge of the water, on the south the higher elevation of Craignorth Hill shuts out the view. Dr. [Doctor] Simpson's description of another height in

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Parish of Sanquhar -- Sheet 2-12. Trace No [Number] 5.

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Thomas Matheson

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