OS1/24/23/23
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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CAIRN LAW | Cairn Law | Simon Ritchie John White James Alston |
008 | [Situation] In the South end of the parish of Linton A Small Hill adjoining the Farm of Hindfordwells, on the Summit of which is a Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station It is Commonly Called Cran or Carn Law, but Mr Ritchie says that Cairn Law is the Correct name; He says that Persons in the neighbourhood who had Committed Suicide were buried here -- it being at two Laird's lands -- and Small Cairns erected over them. These Cairns do not now exist, as the place is enclosed & planted. |
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[page] 23Parish of West Linton -- Sheet 8 No 1 -- Trace 6
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