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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GIGHTY BURN Gighty Burn
Gighty Burn
Gighty Burn
John McDonald Factor for Boysack
New Statistical Account
Fullarton's Gazetteer of Scotland
James Nicol, Hodgston
040 A good stream which enters the parish at its northern extremity and forming the boundary for nearly the whole of its course, a distance of about 2½ miles, falls into Lunan Water near the point where that river enters the parish,
COMPASS HILL Compass Hill
Compass Hill
Compass Hill
Compas Hill
John McDonald, Factor
Alexander Brown, Clerk to Factor
James Nicoll, Hodgston
Anslies' County Map
040 A prominent feature on a gently sloping ridge which
runs parallel with the general course of Lunan Water through the parish, The hill, though not high, is very remarkable in the district in which it is situated,

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