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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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BIDHOUSE BURN | Bidhouse Burn | Robert Watson, George McMoran, estate Plan (Colebrooke). | 050 | A fine burn rising on the east side of Lomont Hill and falling into Evan Water about 30 chains from March. |
BIG GRAIN | Big Grain | Robert Watson, George McMoran, Thomas McMorran | 050 | A name given to a large burn formed by the Little Grain and Bidhouse Grains. |
HELL'S CAULDRON | Hell's Cauldron | Thomas McMorran, Robert Telford, Peter Paterson. | 050 | A name given to a small waterfall at the foot of which the water makes a curious eddy. There are the ruins of a cottage and some cropping rocks, slates &c. in the vicinity. Hell's Cauldron is well known in the neighbouthood. It is situated about 12 chains north from the Carlisle and Glasgow Road up the Fopperbeck Burn. |
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