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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Picts Dike John Brown Esq. Gatehouse Samuel McClelland Esq. Gatehouse William Neilson Esq. Gatehouse 037 The track of an old stone fence varying from 2 to 4 feet in breadth, at the base it is first visible on the farm of "Creoch" at the north west base of a hill called "Dunfadyeon" whence it runs in a north westerly direction crossing the public road between Gatehouse and Lawrieston and over "Carstramont hill" where it ceases to be traceable. Nicholson in history of Galloway Vol 1 page 62 states that it can be traced through the farms of "Cairn" "Creoch "Laghead" and "Drumruck" & into the parish of Minnigaff and that it is visible in parts of the parish of "Twynholm" this I find to be incorrect, as it cannot be seen except upon the farms of "Creoch and Laghead" (all coming on trace 6.37D) Nicholson presumes that this wall has or was intended as a boundary between the Britons and Cruithree (or Picts of Ulster) or some invaders who forcibly seized parts of their dominion. This track is often called by the peasantry "The Deil's Dike" but the respectable & intelligent inhabitants call it The "Picts' Dike".

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List of Names collected by 2nd Corpl [Second Corporal] Mechan RSM [Royal Miners & Sappers] et [and] Examiner 5th May1849

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