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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BRACTULLO Bractullo
Bractullo
Estate Documents
Statistical Acct. [Account] of Co. [County]
Mr. James Cameron 'Bractullo'
039 [Situation] ½ mile S.W. [South West] from Idvies.
A comfortable two storey house with vegitable garden office houses, thrashing mill, & farm attached occupied by Mr James Cameron & property of Mrs Prettyman & Mrs Cathcart Pitcarlie Fife
SLAP O' THE GASK Slap o' the Gask
Slap o' the Gask
Slap o' the Gask
Mr James Cameron
Mr David Salmond (Curden)
Mr John Orrick Surface-man
039 [Situation] 15 chains S.E. [South East] of Bractullo.
A circular plantation near the Gask farm. intersected by two County roads, & property of Mrs Prettyman & Mrs. Cathcart
THE LAW .
The Law (Moat)
The Law (Moat)
The Law (Moat)
(Bractie Law) Bractullo
Rev: [Reverend] J. Anderson
Mr James Cameron
Mr John Orrick
Mr David Ford Farmer 'Broadleys'
Statistical Acct [Account] of Co. [County]
039 [Situation] 27 chains East of Bractullo. A circular mound on the Gask farm, so named from Criminals having been executed there during the feudal times. the property of Mrs. Prettyman & Mrs Cathcart
MOAT [The Law] .
The Law (Moat)
The Law (Moat)
The Law (Moat)
(Bractie Law) Bractullo
Rev: [Reverend] J. Anderson
Mr James Cameron
Mr John Orrick
Mr David Ford Farmer 'Broadleys'
Statistical Acct [Account] of Co. [County]
039 [Situation] 27 chains East of Bractullo.
A circular mound on the Gask farm, so named from Criminals having been executed there during the feudal times. the property of Mrs. Prettyman & Mrs Cathcart

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Slap o' the Gask [note]
Slap - a breach in a wall, hedge, &c. Dr. [Doctor] Jamieson's Scot. Dicty. [Scottish Dictionary]
Note. The name here is applied to portions of 4 roads within a circular Plantation.

The Law [note]
Law - a name given
to many hills or mounts
whether natural or
artificial. Dr. [Doctor] Jamieson's Scot: Dicty. [Scottish Dictionary]

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Sapr. R.E. [Sapper Royal Engineers]

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