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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CAT HA' BRAE Cat Ha' Brae Mr. Morton, Craighead
Mr. Thompson East Neuk
020 [situation] Adjoining Fife Ness
A steep rocky brae on the sea side South West of Fife Ness, and on the Farm of Craighead
LONG MAN'S GRAVE Long Man's Grave Mr. Morton Craighead
Revd. [Reverend] William Merson Crail
020 [situation] Adjoining Fife Ness
This name applies to a spot on the sea shore but there no vestige of a grave visible here nor are there any persons in the locality that remember any resemblance of a grave being here.
HOLLOWFLAT SMITHY Hollow Flat Smithy. Mr. Morton Craighead
Mr. Todd Balcomie
020 [situation] About 1 1/4 Miles N.E. [North East] from Crail Church
A dwelling house and a smith belonging to Mr. Moneypenny of Pitmilly and in the possession of Mr. Todd of Balcomie

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94[page no.] Ph. [Parish] of Crail. Plan 20 B. Trace 3.
"At the other end, but without the dike a place
"is pointed out called the Long Man's Grave where
"the ashes of a Danish hero may have been deposited" Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Fifeshire, p.956 [This is written under Long Man's Grave]

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