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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIVET HA' WOOD | Diviot Ha' Wood Diviot Ha' Wood Diviot Ha' Wood |
A. F. Douglas, Esqre, Factor Mr J Weaver, Forester Mr J Kerss, Gamekeeper |
015.05 | An extensive plantation, chiefly forest trees, north of "Woodside", having narrow butts extending in different directions and joined by Kerss' Wood on the N.W. [North West] name derived from from the Circumstance of Divets having been cut from it. |
| MONUMENT STRIPE | Monument Stripe | A. F. Douglas, Esqre, Factor Mr J Weaver, Forester Mr J Kerss, Gamekeeper |
015.09 | A plantation of mixed wood on the the east side of the parish road leading to St. Boswells from Mounteviot and extends in the direction of the Monument on Penielheugh. |
| NATIVES PLANTATION | Natives Plantation | A. F. Douglas, Esqre, Factor Mr J Weaver, Forester Mr J Kerss, Gamekeeper | 015.09 | An extensive belt of mixed wood east of Monument Stripe and taking its name from the fact of some persons who were engaged planting it building a hut and occupying it that long they were jocularly called Natives. |
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Divet A thin flat oblong turf used for covering cottages - also for fuel. Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary
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