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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BACKLANDS Backlands
Backlands
Backlands
Rev [Reverend] Mr. Garroch
Mr. R. P. Robertson
Mr Cooper
002.13 This name applies to an ordinary Sized Farmsteading Situated about ¼ of a mile to the West of "Hopeman" on the County Road leading to Burghead. the dwelling house is one Storey Thatched and the outbuildings are one Storey Tiled all in good repair.
URN CONTAINING ASHES AND CHARCOAL ALSO A STONE COFFIN FOUND HERE A.D. 1860 [Backlands] 002.13 About 10 Chains to the North of this Steading in a Sand Pit was discovered, a Stone Coffin, and an Urn Containing ashes and Charcoal A.D. 1860. the Stones of Which the Coffin was Composed are still lying near the place where they were found but the Urn was destroyed in the Course of the Search This Farm is the property of Gordon Duff Esqr. of Drummure

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County of Elgin -- Parish of Duffus

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