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List of names as written	Various modes of spelling	Authorities for spelling	Situation	Description remarks
SOCIETY HOLM	Society Holm Society Holm	James Barbour James Fould	016	[Situation] About 1 1/4 miles W. [West] by South of Barscobe Loch A Small tract of land farm of Bogue and situate within Kates Wood . It is at present planted with Fir trees & during the period of the Scottish persecution, the Covenanters had often assembled on it for worship hence the name. -
MY LORD'S CLEUGH	My Lord's Cleugh My Lord's Cleugh My Lord's Cleugh	James Barbour James Foulds	016	[Situation] About 1 mile W. S. [West South] West of Barscobe Loch A Small precipitous portion of land, on the Western side of Garpel Burn, overhanging with wood. It is said, whilst Lord Kenmure was in the act of hunting "one very strong and nimble deer or roe which was observed to lie frequently in the small portion of ground called "Deer's Den". The deer some way or other had come in Contact with Lord Kenmure & pushed him over this precipice, which from that it has retained the name "My Lord's Cleugh"

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Parish of Dalry

Holm - The level low ground
on the banks of a river

Cleugh - A precipice, a ragged ascent
Scott [Scottish] Dictionary

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