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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATCH HILL | Watch Hill Watch Hill Watch Hill |
John Ogilvie Farmer Cooms Thomas Mason Farmer Blacklinen James Kelliat Middleholm |
044.04; 045.01 | [Situation] On the boundary between Ewes and Castleton. A considerable eminence on the farms of Coombs & Blacklinen, the surface of which is rough & heathy pasture. There is a Trigl. [Trigonometrical] Station at its highest point. |
| HAW GILL | Haw Gill Haw Gill Haw Gill |
David Scott, Muirburnhead Charles Grieve, Hardingside Thomas Little, Netherby |
044.04 | [Situation] on the S. [South] Western boundary of the parish A deep and rugged hollow having a few stunted trees scattered along its banks extending from the northern base of Hollis Rig, southwards for a distance of three quarters of a mile. A small stream washes its centre and forms the boundary between Roxburghshire and Dumfriesshire. |
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[Page] 3Parish of Castleton -- Sheet 44 No. 4 Trace 1
Watch Hill [note] See Sheet 46 for correct position of Watch Knowe
Haw Gill [note] (See name book of Canonbie)
[Signed] P McHugh
Lce Cpl RE [Lance Corporal Royal Engineers]
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