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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
RIG OF BURNFOOT Burnfoot Rig
Burnfoot Rig

Rig of Burnfoot
Rig of Burnfoot

Rig of Burnfoot

Low Rig of Burnfoot
John Ferguson
Ainsley's Map revd. [revised] 1819
John Brown Esqr
Samuel McLelland Esqr
John Denniston Gatehouse
Map of Property
037 [Situation] About 3/4 mile N. [North] of Burnfoot (in ruins).
A considerable hill on the farm of Culreoach the surface of which is heathy pasture. On it is a Trigl [Trigonometrical] Station called by Trigl [Trigonometrical] Party "Kilbroach moor" It is on the old farm called Burnfoot (hence its name) but now in Culreoach.
LOCH LANE Loch Lane
Loch Lane

Loch Lane
John Ferguson
John Denniston Gatehouse
Samuel McLelland Esqr. Gatehouse
037 [Situation] Running in a northerly direction passing near the East side of Craigs of Burnfoot.
A Streamlet gathering near the North Western end of the Moss called Flesh Market, on the farm of Culreoch & running into Loch Skerrow, from which it takes its name. [Some] portions of this Burn the water is almost stagnant which Accounts for the appellation, Lane instead of Burn.
OAK CLINTS Oak Clints
Oak Clints
Oak Clints
John Ferguson
John Brown
John Denniston
030 [Situation] 1 1/2 miles NNE [North North East] of Burnfoot (in ruins).
A rocky precipice at the base of the Craigs of Burn foot, on which an Ancient Oak tree grows, hence its name. -

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[Note] Lane, A brook, of which the motion is so
slow as to be Scarcely perceptible &c.
Dr. [Doctor] Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary

[Note] Clint. A hard or flinty rock &c.
clints, (pl.) []plural] the Shelves at the Side of a river
Dr. [Doctor] Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary

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