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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BAVELAW BURN Bavelaw Burn Mr R Palmer Schoolmaster Currie
Mr Currie Farmer E. [Easter] Bavelaw
011 This Stream commences near Bavelaw Hill, and runs in a NE [North East] direction, passing Bavelaw Castle on the N [North] side and flows into the Water of Leith at Balerno. There have been lately constructed on this stream, two large Reservoirs by the Edinr. [Edinburgh] Water company
BLACK HILL Black Hill Mr R Palmer Schoolmaster Currie
Mr Alexander Hardie, Bavelaw Castle
011 This is a very fine hill and one of the largest of the Pentland Hills on the N [North] side it is covered with heather from the base to its summit. It is said, that on a clear day portions of twenty Counties can be distinctly seen from its summit.
Situation - about 2½ miles South of Currie

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Plan 11.B. Traces 6 & 7
List of Names collected by J McDiarmid C/A [Civilian Assistant]

Black Hill Object: Hill
[Township or Parish] Penicuik

Bavelaw Burn Object: Stream
[Township or Parish] Penicuik and Currie

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