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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
FIVE WELLS Five Wells James Hope, Archibald Hogg, James Milligan, William Maxwell Esqr. 055 A name given to five distinct springs at the N.W. side of "Gana Hill" there is a considerable flow of pure water from them but for want of drains it spreads and sinks into the spongy soil on Thick Cleuch.
GANA SHANK Gana Shank James Hope, Archibald Hogg, James Milligan, William Maxwell Esqr. 055 A shoulder of the "Gana Hill" (N.E. side). It is well known by the name and the boundary between the Cos. of Dumfries and Lanark passes over it.

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