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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
POWIES PATH Powies Path
Powies Path
Rev [Reverend] A Lawrie
John Copland
004 [Situation] Commence about 3/8 mile N.E. by N. [North east by North] from Mid Calder.
A foot path leading f [from] Bridgend to Pumpherst [Pumpherston] Some years ago on making considerable cutting on th [the] N. [North] bank of the Almond during which operation quantities of human bon [bone] were found and a small sword also some stone coff [coffins] which seem to indicate th [that] a conflict had taken pl [place] and that the river form an important pass. The word "Powie" signif [signifies] a Skull

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Parish of Mid Calder

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