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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SPARROW MUIR Sparrow Muir
Sparrow Muir
Sparrow Muir
Estate Map, 1807
J. Condie, Esqr.
Revd Dr [Reverend Doctor] Crombie
086 This name is applied to a part of Scone Park, but was formerly a strip of uncutivated land. covered with heather; Situated between the turnpike Road and the Queen's Drive.
FRIARS' DEN Friars' Den
Friars' Den
Friars' Den
J. Condie, Esqr.
Revd Dr [Reverend Doctor] Crombie
Mr. William Keay
086 This name is applied to a narrow wooded ravine or glen adjacent to Scone Palace. Its banks are steep, and Catmoor Burn flows through it. It is associated with the monastery which is supposed to have stood in the immediate vicinity, and tradition says that this place was a particular resort of the friars, from which circumstance it obtained the name.

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