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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BUTTER WELL Butter Well James Murdoch Stoniewells
William Sim Auchtertyre
A Lawson Esqr
012.10 a small well Situated on the Southern Side of Tyrock burn and on the farm of upper Manbeen. it receives this name on account of the people formerly frequenting it in summer for cool water to keep thier butter in, It is now nearly covered up and over it is a stone bearing the following Inscription Ex Dono De + Bil + Te Gratis Mhu . S. P. and also an other Stone with the date 1699 Cut in it
GALLOW HILL Gallow Hill James Murdoch
William Sim
A Lawson Esqr
012.10; 012.11 A small hill Partly Cultivated and Partly Covered with whins - local Tradition asserts there was a man or men hung here, but for what offence orwho he was I can Gain no Information It is a natural feature

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