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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
NINE STONES Nine Stones Nine Stones Nine Stones Nine Stones William Barton Mill burnholm Andrew Rodger Sundhope Archibald Scott Whitrope Toll-bar James Elliot Middleholm 038.16 [situation] At the Sn [Southern] extremity of Ninestone Rig
A circle of nine stones, said by tradition to have been erected to suspend the caldron wherein is said to have been boiled Soulis, he once proprietor of Hermitage Castle he was boiled to death in a caldron of lead on account of his tyranny. The more intelligent consider it to be a Druidical Circle
ROUGHLEY BURN Roughley Burn
Roughley Burn
Roughley Burn
Roughley Burn
Roughley Burn
Blackwood's County Map
Fullarton's Gazateer
John Barton Phaupknowe
James Elliot
Estate Documents
038.16 [Situation] From the junction of Leys and Laidlehope Burns S.W. [South West] by S. [South] to Hermitage Water.
A large stream formed by the confluence of Laidlehope and Lees Burns and runs into Hermitage Water, a short distance above Newlands.
BEAR GILL Bear Gill
Bear Gill
Bear Gill
Bear Gill
John Barton, Phaupknowe
Andrew Rodger, Sundhope
James Beattie Whitropefoot
James Elliot
038.16 [situation] East of Roughley Burn.
A narrow rocky ravine, and water course, to which this name applies.
REDDINGTON SIKE Reddington Sike
Reddington Sike
James Elliot
Property Documents
038.16 [situation] West of Roughley Burn.
A small stream rising on Rinestone Rig & falling into Roughley Burn
DRUIDICAL CIRCLE (Supposed) [Nine Stones] 038.16 [situation] At the Sn [Southern] extremity of Ninestone Rig
A circle of nine stones, said by tradition to have been erected to suspend the caldron wherein is said to have been boiled Soulis, he once proprietor of Hermitage Castle he was boiled to death in a caldron of lead on account of his tyranny. The more intelligent consider it to be a Druidical Circle

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Parish of Castleton Sheet 38.16 trace 5
[signed] John Jane Sapr. [Sapper] R.E. [Royal Engineers]

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