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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FERNYBANK | Fernybank Fernybank Fernybank Ferneybank Fernybank |
Robert Stocks Factor James Esplin Occupier James Jolly. Valuation Roll Land of the Lindsays |
007 | A good dwellinghouse and offices, the property of Earl of Dalhousie |
| FLINT ARROWHEADS FOUND HERE [Fernybank] | Flint arrowheads found here Flint arrowheads found here |
James Jolly James Esplin James Caithness |
007 | This name [Court Hillock] is applied to a knoll, now greatly defaced, by being lately cut and levelled for the building of the dwelling house and offices of "Fernybank", the East side is pretty Entire and covered with trees, and the South occupied as a garden, in which flint arrow heads were found some years ago, at place indicated by cross on trace, |
| COURT HILLOCK | Court Hillock Court Hillock Coort-hill |
James Jolly James Esplin James Caithness Land of the Lindsays |
007 | This name is applied to a knoll, now greatly defaced, by being lately cut and levelled for the building of the dwelling house and offices of "Fernybank", the East side is pretty Entire and covered with trees, and the South occupied as a garden, in which flint arrow heads were found some years ago, at place indicated by cross on trace, "A hillock close to Fernybank, on the South East side of the Modlach hill is yet known as "the Coort-hill" (perhaps an abbreviated form of the meaning of the large hill of Modlagh i.e. "the law, or hill of the court of justice") and may have been so named from the baron's court having assembled there." Jervise's Land of the Lindsays |
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[Page] 103County Forfar -- Parish of Lochlee
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