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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
Hells hole Pool James Gordon Kirkbright
R Irvine Tongueland
Thomas Mc Guffock Tongueland
A small and deep pool in the River See a little north of Tongueland Bridge, its depth probably gave rise to this name.
Draught Pool Pool James Gordon Kirkcudbright
R. Irvine Tongueland
Thomas Mc Guffock Tongueland
A large pool in the River Dee north of Hell's hole it has a sandy bed for which reason it is sometimes called 'The sand bed'. It is the only pool in the Tongueland fishery that the draught net is used; great quantities of salmon [and] sea trout are caught here, in some seasons 250 salmon in one draught have been taken from this pool by this means.

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No. 136
Plan 50B
List of Names collected by Jarvis Coe Ple R.S. ?? 1st Examiner
Trace 3

[signed] J. Coe Ple

Parish Kirkcudbright Tongueland

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