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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Lady's Dowry Lady's Dowry
Lady's Dowry
Lady's Dowry
Mr. Alexander McConnachie Teacher Strachan
Mr. Henry Milne Belblythe
Mr. George Middleton Broomhaugh
010.10 A small oblong hollow on the side of the road leading from Glen Dye to Cuttieshillock. Tradition says it received its name from the following circumstance - A gentleman promised as a dowry to a lady, as much land as could be seen from a certain point on his property. He brought her to this place, and as the depth of the hollow is considerable nothing could be seen but itself.
Dunniemore Dunniemore
Dunniemore
Dunniemore
Mr. Alexander McConnachie
Mr. Henry Milne
Mr. George Middleton
010.10 A small but very conspicuous Knoll situated at the point where the road crossing Cairn o' Mount branches off to Cuttieshillock and Bogendreep. A depression on the summit divides the Knoll into two small tops, and tradition says that a man was hung in chains on the west and smallest of the two for the murder of a pedlar in the vicinity. The spot where the murder was commited can still be pointed out.

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