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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GOWKS HILL Gowks Hill Sir Patrick Stewart
Mr A. Whitelaw
Mark Whitelaw
Mr William Allen
010 ; 015 [Situation] About 20 chains North from Eaglescairnie
A high part of a ridge of cultivate & wooded heights along the N. [North] side of the Coalston Water, it is composed of fir oak beech etc The property of Lord Blantyre
DALGOWRIE BANK Dalgowrie Bank Sir Patrick Stewart
Mr A. Whitelaw
Mark Whitelaw
Mr William Allen
015 [Situation] On the North Bank of the Coalston opposite Eaglescarnie demesne
A long sloping bank on the N. [North] side of the Coalston Water planted with oak, fir, ash, beech etc. The property of Sir Patrick Stewart

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[Note Gowk's Hill] -- "Gowk" The Cuckoo; a fool etc -- Jamieson's Scott: Dicty [Scottish Dictionary]

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