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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SCOTCHMAN'S FORD Scotchman's Ford
Scotchman's Ford
James Low Gallowhill Brechin
Old Stat. [Statistical] Account
026 "A little rivulet hard by (the Cairns) has two passes called the Scotchman's [and] Englishman's Ford, which seems to confirm and fix their (the Cairns') date about the reign of Charles 1st and 2nd."
Old Stat Acct [Statistical Account] This name is applied to a sort of pass at the north end of a Marshy place and between it and the Burn of Corbie. The person whose name is given (a very old man) is the only one who now knows the name
ENGLISHMAN'S HILLOCK Englishman's Hillock James Low 026 A small, though prominent uncultivated knoll. This probably references to the Englishman's Ford mentioned above but of which no information could be got.

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Co. [County] Forfar -- Parish of Menmuir

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