OS1/15/3/20
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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CROW MOSS | Crow Moss Crow Moss Crow Moss |
Robert Murdie Mr. Renwick George Young |
016 | [Situation] About 7/8 of a Mile North from Mayshiel. A small portion of mossland on the farm of Johnscleugh at the S.W. [South West] end of "Ninestone Rig". It derives its name from a circle of stones situated at the south side of the Moss |
CROW STONES | Crow Stones Crow Stones Crow Stones |
Robert Murdie Mr. Renwick George Young |
016 | [Situation] About 3/4 of a Mile N.N.W. [North North West] from Mayshiel. A large circle of Stones, on a heathy eminence at the south end of "Crow Moss" there is no tradition in the country concerning it. but it appears to have been a druidical circle: |
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[Page] 20Parish of Whittingham
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41 Crow Moss
41 Crow Stones l
Crow Stones [note] These stones are supposed by some to have been a Druidical Circle:- but no satisfactory account of them can be obtained in the locality. all agree however in considering them to be of ancient date and to have been erected for some significant purpose.
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Trondragirl- Moderator, Douglas Montgomery
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