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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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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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Parish of Parton -- [page] 23Objects
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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