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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
LITTLE DRUM Little Drum
Little Drum
John Muir
George Muir
050 [Situation] About 1 3/4 Miles S.E. by S. [South East by South] of the town of Kirkcudbright.
A small Eminence on the farm of Low Banks, the soil of which is arable land.
BIG DRUM Big Drum
Big Drum
John Muir
George Muir
050 [Situation] About 1 7/8 Miles S. E. [South East] of the town of Kirkcudbright.
An eminence or Knoll on the farm of Low Banks the soil of which is arable land.
GILLROANIE Gillroanie
Gillroanie
John Muir
Mr Rigg
050 [Situation] About 2 Miles S. [South] East of the town of Dumfries.
A small farm house in middling repair with a small farm of land attached. The property of the Earl of Selkirk. -

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Parish of Kirkcudbright
Form 136 Page 205 - Little Drum
Page 204 - Big Drum
Page 209 - Gillroanie

Gilllronie A ravine abounding
with brushwood from Gill a strait Small Glen
and rone a shrub or bush
Jamieson's Scottish Dicty [Dictionary]

Transcriber's notes

Gillroanie - Dumfries written instead of Kirkcudbright in the situation.

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