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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Sheep Dubb Pool Ja[son] Gordon Kirkcudbright
R. Irvine Tongueland
A small pool in the River Dee in which the shoulder net is successfully used for catching salmon, it has been used for washing sheep, hence the name
Thag's Head Pool Ja[son] Gordon
Kirkcudbright
R. Irvine
Tongueland
A small pool in the river Dee, used for angling. A man at one time fishing from a rock at this point of the river lost his tackle in consequence of his hook being lodged in a horse's head. This pool ever afterward, was called Thag's head

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List of Names collected by Jarvis Coe Pt[Private] RSM [Royal Sappers & Miners] 1st Examiner

Plan 50 B
Trace 3
[Parish] Kirkcudbright

[Signed] J. Coe
Pt [Private] RSM [Royal Sappers & Miners]

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