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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SLATE PENCIL MILL Slate Pencil Mill
Slate Pencil Mill
Slate Pencil Mill
Mr Galloway
Major Wilson
Mr Ballingall
016 A small house recently erected by Mr Galloway occupier of Easter Glasslie for the Manufacture of Slate pencils the Machinery is worked by water power. There were 3 Stone Coffins found at about 130 links North of the Mill when farming the Mill race one of them contained human bones.
THREE STONE COFFINS FOUND HERE [Easter Glasslie] 3 Stone coffins found here [None] 016 A small house recently erected by Mr Galloway occupier of Easter Glasslie for the Manufacture of Slate pencils the Machinery is worked by water power. There were 3 Stone Coffins found at about 130 links North of the Mill when farming the Mill race one of them contained human bones.
GOWK STONE Gowk Stone
Gowk Stone
Gowk Stone
Mr Galloway
Mr Petrie
Mr Ballingall
016 A considerable sized Stone North of Easter Glasslie on a rising ground it is about 5 feet high and about 12 feet in circumference.
CONLAND BURN Conland Burn
Conland Burn
Conland Burn
Mr Ballingall
Mr Galloway
Mr Gullen
016 A stream of water in a S & S West [South, and South West] direction from the reservoir north of Slate Pencil Mill to the Sheet line near Rhind Hill. The name is applicable from the Hanging Hill to the Sheet line.

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Plan 16D trace 9 Parish of Falkland
Slate Pencil Mill situation -- 1/4 Mile N.E. [North East] of Easter Glasslie.
Gowk Stone situation -- 12 chains N. [North] of Easter Glasslie.
Conland Burn situation -- Running S. [South] Easterly from Hanging Hill.
[Note - Gowk Stone] Gowk, The Cuckoo. Burns Glossary.

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