OS1/12/3/99

List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
FOX SINKS Fox Sinks James Stewart Archiestown
William Clarke Archiestown
Allan Grant Archiestown
022 Applied to a marshy portion of moorland said to have been formerly a resort of foxes
ROE HOISH Roe Hoish James Stewart Archiestown
William Clarke Archiestown
Allan Grant Archiestown
022 A large tract of marshy ground the origin of the name is unknown
BLACK MOSS Black Moss James Stewart Archiestown
William Clarke Archiestown
Allan Grant Archiestown
022 A large tract of moss-land the property of W.Grant Esqr. of Carron. it is unenclosed.

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Co. [County] Elgin -- Parishes of Knockando and Rothes
(6 Inch)

[signed]
James Gray
Sapper R.E. [Royal Engineers]

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