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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| The Sick Man's Shade | The Sick Man's Shade | Mr John Stephens (Commieston) | 027.10 | "The Danes on that event, (Battle of Panbride.) immediately retreated northward, and according to the tradition encountered the Scots near the Stone of Morphy, and that a battle had there taken place, is probable, from the immense number of Stone Coffins, Containing human bones which have been found in and near a field called the "Sick Man's Shade" close by the Stone." (New Stat. Act. ) [New Statistical Account] Mr Thomas Strachan Lower Northwater Bridge states that he has resided on and near the farm of Stone of Morphie 60 years and he never heard of any stone coffins or anything remarkable being found there, nor never heard of a field called the "Sick Man's Shade". Mr John Stephens States that he was born on the farm of Wardroperton where his ancestors resided for a long time, that he always understood by tradition that the field marked on trace was the place where the Danes encountered the Scots, he never saw any bones found but has heard it reported that they have been found Several years ago, and that when the road was made and the small bridge built near Pathhead a large quantity of bones were found there in an irregular heap, the |
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