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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KNOCK DONACH | Knock Donach Knock Donach |
Mr A. McDonald Bruntland Mr J. Mcdonald Nether Bruntland Mr W. Cumming Cardow |
022.15 | a Conspicuous Hill-top Situated about 16 Ch. [Chains] N.N.W. [North North West] of the Police Station and is Supposed to be the oldest name Known for the hill. It is Said that a number of Large Stone Cairns Stood about the top of the hill and those big Cairns were considered to be great antiquities Proprietor William Grant Esqr of Carron |
| CAIRNS | Cairns Cairns Cairns |
Mr A. McDonald Bruntland Mr J. Mcdonald Nether Bruntland Mr W. Cumming Cardow |
022.15 | These are Stone Cairns above mentioned a few feet above the Surface at Centre, and abt [about] 10 feet of rad: [radius] over which formerly Stood large Stone Cairns, In the centre of Some, it is Said. a large Standing Stone was found - It seems those Mounds, as yet, have not been Explored below the Surface, There are also a number of less conspicuous ones to be Seen a little Eastward of the Trigl [Trigonometrical] Station. |
| CARDNACH BURN | Cardnach Burn Cardnach Burn Cardnach Burn |
Mr A. McDonald Bruntland Mr J. Mcdonald Nether Bruntland Mr W. Cumming Cardow |
022.15 | a Well Known name of a Small Burn which issues from the drainage of Cardnach-head farm and leads Southward, passing a Little Westward of Knockando House where a little further onwards it enters the River Spey |
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[page] 52Parish of Knockando -- County of Elgin
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