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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GREY HILL Grey Hill
Grey Hill
Grey Hill
William McMurdo
Robert McGuffie
J. Cowan
025 [Situation] 1/2 Mile S.S.W. [South South West] of Merkland farm house.
A Small hill on the farm of Nether Ironmannoch, its soil consists of arable land.
CLAMDISH Clamdish
Clamdish
Robert McGuffie
William McMurdo
025 [Situation] 25 chains S [South] by W. [West] of Merkland farm house.
A portion of low land on the farm of Nether Ironmannoch, and situated on the Western side of Glenlair Burn
LOW HILL Low Hill
Low Hill
Low Hill
William McMurdo
Robert McGuffie
John Cowan
025 [Situation] 35 chains S. [South] by E. [East] of Merkland farm house.
A small hill on the farm of Hillside, its soil consists of arable land.

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Objects
Grey Hill
Clamdish
Low Hill

[Note] Clamdish is perhaps some provincialism of the Scotch dialect. Clam signifies "moist ["Ice] is said to be clam or rather clams when beginning "to melt with the snow or otherwise and not easily [...] upon"

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