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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
WHITEHILL Whitehill
Whitehill
White Hill
Mr. James Gordon
William McKenzie
Ainslies map 1820
039 [Situation] one mile SW [South West] by W [West] of Threave Castle.
A farm house & offices in good repair with about 120 acres of land attached The property of a Society for propagating Christian Knowledge.
AIKEY HILL Aikey Hill
Aikey Hill
James Gordon
Robert Johnston
039 [Situation] About 5/8 mile SW [South West] of Threave Castle.
A Small hill with a rocky Knowe on its summit where it is said the Covenanters held meetings during the persecution.
CORRA HILL Corra Hill
Corra Hill
Thomas Anderson
Robert Johnston
039 [Situation] 1 1/8 miles SW [South West] of Threave Castle.
A large arable hill upon the farm of Hill and a little west of the farm house there is a Trig [Trigonometrical] Station upon its summit called by Trig [Trigonometrical] party Corra Hill
CRANBERRY PLANTATION Cranberry Plantation
Cranberry Plantation
William Murray
Robert Ireland
039 [Situation] 3/4 mile NW [North West] by W [West] of Threave Castle.
A Small belt of wood or Plantation on the farm of Boreland The property of Admiral Gordon of Balmaghie House.

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Parish of Balmaghie -- [Page] 5
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Page 38 - Whitehlll
37 - Aikey Hill
39 - Corra Hill
Cranberry Plantation

[Notes ]
Aik - The oak Jamieson's Dicty. [Dictionary]
Coire - A mountain dell etc.

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