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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
CURNELLOCH BURN Curnelloch Burn
Curnelloch Burn
Curnelloch Burn
John Murray
Revd. [Reverend] James Maitland
Ainslie's Map revisd. [revised] 1819
014 [Situation] Running in a Southerly direction from the junction of Cleugh Burn & Green Burn
A considerable Burn, on the farm of Mid Garrary varying from 16 to 60 Links in width. It retains this name from the junction of the two Streams called Cleugh Burn & Green Burn to its influx with the Black Water of Dee.-
DAVY'S HOLM Davy's Holm
Davy's Holm
Davy's Holm
John Murray
Revd. [Reverend] James Maitland
John Muir
014 [Situation] About 2 miles SW by W. [South West by West] of Clints of Clenrie.
A small portion of flat land on the farm of Mid Garrary the Surface of which is chiefly heathy pasture, this place most probably takes its name from a man which might have once occupied it, or lived Convenient to it called Davy or Davie.-

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Parish of Kells

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28 Curnelloch Burn
29 Davy's Holm

[Notes]
Holm, Howm, flat land along
the banks of a river
Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary

Holm. An hill or fenny ground
encompassed by little brooks
Baileys Dictionary

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