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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Sheil Hill Samuel Wilson Samuel Kelly Laghead via Gatehouse John Denniston Gatehouse 037 A small hill on the farm of "Laghead" the surface of which consists of arable land, with some small portions of heathy pasturage. Upon its summit stands a ◬ [Trigonometrical Station] called by the Trig [Trigonometrical] Party "Shell Hill".
Drumcleugh Burn Samuel Wilson Samuel Kelly Laghead via Gatehouse John Denniston Gatehouse 037 A streamlet which flows from a moss, upon the farm of Laghead, running in a South Westerly direction & is joined by "Laghead Burn" after which it is called "Larges Burn" to its confluence with the River Fleet, it meanders through the quondam farm of Drumcleugh, hence the name.

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List of Names collected by 2nd Corpl [Second Corporal] Mechan RSM [Royal Sappers & Miners] et Exr [and Examiner]
[signed] John Mechan 2nd Corpl [Second Corporal] RSM [Royal Sappers & Miners]

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