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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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CAPUT LAW | Caput Law Caput Law Caput Law |
Mr Peter Robertson William Dair William Miller |
076 | [Situation] In the northern portion of the parish. A Small Circular elevation, in a plantation to which it gives name where Courts of Justice were held in former times for the trial of Culprits who, if found guilty, were Hanged on a neighbouring hill Called Gallows Hill |
CAPUTLAW PLANTATION | Caputlaw Plantation Caputlaw Plantation Caputlaw Plantation |
Mr Peter Robertson William Dair William Miller |
076 | [Situation] In the northern portion of the parish. A Plantation of Mixed Wood at the East side of Pipersdam Plantation so named from Caput Law being enclosed within its boundaries. |
GALLOWS HILL | Gallows Hill Gallows Hill Gallows Hill |
Mr Peter Robertson William Dair William Miller |
076 | [Situation] In the Southern Side of Caputlaw Plantation A Small Circular Hill in Caputlaw Plantation, and east from Caput Law, -where the Culprits found guilty on Caput Law were hanged on a Gallows erected thereon. The rock in which the Gallows was affixed exists on its Summit but is overgrown with Heather, Grass, &c &c |
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[Page] 14Co. [County] of Perth -- Parish of Lundie & Fowlis Sheet 76 No. 9 Trace 2
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