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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
MARSCALLOCH HILL Marscalloch Hill
Marscalloch Hill
William Hunter
William Dickson
[Situation] About 2 1/8 miles W. [West] of Blackmark.
A tolerably Sized hill on the farms f Marscalloch and Smeaton, its surface consists of rocky heathy pasture. On it is a Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station Called by Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Party "Smeaton W. [West]".
DRY BURN Dry Burn
Dry Burn
William Hunter
William Rowan
[Situation] Running S. [South] Easterly to its junction with the Water of Ken.
A small stream or burn having its rise on the farm of Upper Smeaton and running in a south Easterly direction to its conflux with the Water of Ken.
SHEPHERDS' RIG Shepherds' Rig
Shepherds' Rig
C. Laggart
William Hunter
[Situation] 1 1/2 Miles W. by N. [West by North] of Blackmark.
An Eminence of a ridge like shape on the farm of Upper Smeaton its surface consists of rocky heathy pasture.

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