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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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WEST CAIRN HILL | West Cairn Hill | James Marshall Dyke End Kirknewton Robert Gray Baad Park Kirknewton |
017 | A large rocky heathy hill of considerable elevation on the farms of East Cairns, West Cairns, & East Colzium, It is situated at the western extremity of the "Pentland Hills" and forms one of that range. on it are three Trigl [Trigonometrical] Stations Viz. "Cairn Hill West," "Colzium Hill E [East]," "Colzium Hill South". There is a lare ancient, cairn on the Summit of 'East Cairn Hill,' Which the Authorities here given, say has given rise to the names. |
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[Page] 16List of Names collected by c/a [Civilian Assistant] Robert Miller Examiner
Plan 17A Trace 1
Parish of Mid Calder
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West Cairn Hill -- A Hill
[signed] Robert Miller C/a [Civilian Assistant] 24th Decr. [December] 1851
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