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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
Moor of Auchindrich	Moor of Auchendrich Moor of Auchendreich	For Spelling of Auchendrich See name of House. Mr J Rankin (Tenant)	021.10	That part of St John's Hill which is included in the Estate of Allardice. Encircled in green on traces.
Grieve's Knap	Grieve's Knap Grieve's Knap Grieve's Knap	Mr. James Rankin (Tenant) Mr. John Thomson (Arbuthnott) Mr. F Jolly (Arbuthnott)	021.10	A small Hillock situated about 1/4 of a mile North of Auchendrich. The farmer can see nearly every portion of his farm from this ridge, hence the origin of the name Viz The Overseer's Knap.
Stone Cists found here	Stone Coffin found here 1 Stone Coffin found here 2	Mr James Rankin (Auchendrich)	021.10	Mr. Rankin states that when he cultivated the ground at the places marked 1 and 2 on trace, he took down two Cairns, and at the bottom of each Cairn he found a Stone Coffin containing black unctuous earth, but no bones nor urns. The Cairns were taken down about 45 years ago. [Signed] B. Render Corp R.E. [Corporal Royal Engineers]

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Parish of Arbuthnott

I am unsure of the bracketed words in the following line "Stone Coffin containing black [imchuous] earth, but no bones nor [coins]."

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